2024-07-13 00:55:00
After defeating India in the first match, Zimbabwe began to dream of winning the series. But that dream was delayed by losing by a big margin of 100 runs in the second match. The Chevrons were looking forward to the third match. But they did not win the third one either.
The hosts lost by 23 runs in the third T20 on Wednesday. India took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. A win in one of the remaining two matches will ensure their series win. On the other hand, to win the series, Zimbabwe will have to win both of the last two matches.
India won the toss and went into bat today in Harare, collecting 182 runs for 4 wickets. In response, Zimbabwe lost 6 wickets in 20 overs and stopped at 159 runs.
The hosts were in dire batting trouble chasing runs. 5 wickets were lost for 39 runs. From there Dion Myers’ unbeaten innings of 65 runs and Clive Madante’s innings of 37 runs built up a respectable score.
After losing 5 wickets for 39 runs, Dion and Madante added 77 runs to the team’s total for the sixth wicket. This pair broke when Madante returned after 116 runs. He scored 37 runs with 2 fours and 2 sixes.
From there, Dion and Wellington Masakadja played an unbroken 43-run innings for the seventh wicket to take the team’s total to 159. Dion scored an unbeaten 65 off 49 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. Wellington remained unbeaten on 18 runs with 1 four and 1 six.
India’s Washington Sundar with the ball took 3 wickets with 15 runs in 4 overs. Abesh Khan took 2 wickets with 39 runs in 4 overs. Khalil Ahmed took 1 wicket with 15 runs in 4 overs.
Before that, India got off to a flying start with the bats of Yasshwi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill. They scored 67 runs in 8 overs. Jaisawal then returned with 4 fours and 2 sixes for 36 runs. Gill lost his partner again after 80 runs. Abhishek Sharma, the centurion of the previous match, returned this time. He scored only 10 runs today.
From there, Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad took the party collection forward. At this time, Gill completed his fifty. The captain scored 50 off 36 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes. Gill scored 66 runs with 7 fours and 3 sixes in the head of 153 runs.
Ruturaj was also dismissed for 177 runs. He played a storming innings of 49 runs off 28 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes. From there, Sanju Samson played an unbeaten 12-run innings to take the team to the top of 182 runs.
Zimbabwe’s Blessing Mujarabani and Sikandar Raja took 2 wickets each with the ball. India’s Washington Sundar was the man of the match with 15 runs and 3 wickets.