India won the T20 series 4-1: defeated Zimbabwe in the last match

India won the T20 series 4-1: defeated Zimbabwe in the last match

Team India also defeated Zimbabwe in the 5th T20 played at Harare ground on Sunday. Also won the 5 match T20 series 4-1.

In the 5th T20, Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza won the toss and invited India to bat. Sanju Samson hit a fifty and shared a 65-run partnership with Riyan Parag. Shivam Dubey hit fours and sixes in the death overs to take the team's score to 167 runs.

Mukesh Kumar and Shivam Dubey put Zimbabwe in trouble while chasing 168 runs. Mukesh took 4 wickets. Zimbabwe's team was all out for 125 runs in 18.3 overs.

Samson-Riyan partnership

Indian team lost 3 wickets for 40 runs in 6 overs of powerplay. After this Sanju and Ryan took over the innings. Both of them together added 65 runs. In this partnership, Sanju contributed 40 and Ryan contributed 22 runs. Both of them batted aggressively and did not let any Zimbabwean bowler stay. Due to this partnership, India gave Zimbabwe a target of 168 runs.

Player of the Match Shivam Dubey

Shivam Dubey hit fours and sixes in the death overs while batting. He took the score beyond 150 by hitting 3 consecutive boundaries in the 19th over. He did not allow any runs to be scored in the middle overs while bowling. He took the wickets of Dion Meyers and Jonathan Campbell. He also ran out captain Sikandar Raza. He was selected Player of the Match for this performance.

Player of the Series Washington Sundar

Washington Sundar was selected Man of the Series due to his excellent performance throughout the series. He got to bat in only 2 matches in the 5-match series. In which he scored 28 runs. The 27 runs scored in the first T20 was his best score. Sundar won the series for India by taking wickets at crucial moments. He took 8 wickets in the series. His best was 3 wickets for 15 runs. In the last match, he took 1 wicket for 7 runs in 2 overs.

Important wickets taken by Mukesh Kumar

Zimbabwe was chasing a target of 168, but it was not a very big score. Mukesh Kumar, who came to bowl the first over, clean bowled Wesley Madhavre. In his next over, he took the wicket of Brian Bennett. He took 2 wickets in the 19th over. Mukesh made the start difficult for Zimbabwe and did not let the tailenders stay.

Important innings of Sanju Samson

When Sanju came to the crease, the wickets of captain Shubman, Yashasvi and Abhishek had already fallen. The score was only 40 runs. Sanju played an innings of 58 runs in 45 balls. He hit 4 sixes and a four in the innings. Took the team out of trouble. He shared a 65-run partnership with Riyan Parag (22 runs). Gave the team a platform for a good score.

Reasons for Zimbabwe defeat

• Blessing Muzarabani was bowling brilliantly in his first over. He almost took the wicket of in-form Abhishek Sharma. But Brian Bennett standing at point here dropped the catch. Something similar happened with Shubman Gill. His catch was dropped by Jonathan Campbell at third man. Zimbabwe's ground fielding was also poor. On many occasions, Indian players converted singles into doubles.

• Zimbabwe opener Wesley Madhavre was again dismissed by Mukesh Kumar today. He pushed Zimbabwe on the backfoot by taking 2 wickets in 2 overs. He dismissed Madhavre for zero and Brian Bennett for 10 runs. Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza bowled brilliantly today, but the team expected runs from his bat today. In the 14th over, Sikandar Raza swept Ravi Bishnoi's ball, but Campbell standing at non-strike refused to take the run. Shivam Dubey standing at fine leg hit a direct hit and Raza was run out.

India vs Zimbabwe Last T20 Playing-11

India: Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande and Mukesh Kumar.

Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (captain), Tadivanashe Marumani, Wesley Madhavre, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Jonathan Campbell, Clive Madande (wicketkeeper), Faraz Akram, Richard Nagarawa, Blessing Mujarbani and Brandon Mavuta.

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