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India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Highlights: India Beat Zimbabwe By 42 Runs, Clinch Series 4-1
India vs Zimbabwe Highlights, 5th T20I: India beat Zimbabwe by 42 runs in the fifth and final T20I in Harare to clinch the series 4-1 on Sunday.
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India vs Zimbabwe Highlights, 5th T20I: India beat Zimbabwe by 42 runs in the fifth and final T20I in Harare to clinch the series 4-1 on Sunday. Mukesh Kumar registered his career-best T20I figures of 4 for 22 as Zimbabwe were bundled out for 125 in 18.3 overs. Earlier, Sanju Samson's gritty half-century helped India post a total of 167 for 6 in 20 overs after the side was invited to bat first. Samson scored 58 runs off 45 balls with the help of 1 four and 4 sixes. For Zimbabwe, Blessing Muzarabani was the pick of the bowlers by returning figures of 2 for 19 in his quota of four overs. (Scorecard)
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- 19:54 (IST)
- 19:49 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: OUT!Faraz Akram's cameo comes to an end as he has edged a Mukesh Kumar delivery to Sanju Samson behind the stumps. Mukesh smartly bowled a fuller ball outside off stump to trap Akram. The ball departs after scoring 26 off 13 balls. India are one wicket away from a win.ZIM 123/9 (18.2)
- 19:25 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: OUT!A run-out and Sikandar Raza is the victim. Raza swept the Ravi Bishnoi delivery towards the short fine leg and decided to steal a single. Shivam Dube collected the ball at the fielding position and managed to hit the side stump at the non-striker's end. Zimbabwe need 81 runs in 38 balls.ZIM 87/5 (13.4)
- 19:03 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: WICKET!Washington Sundar bowled it slower through the air and Tadiwanashe Marumani missed the ball completely. The southpaw went for a sweep shot a bit early and the ball hit him on the line of the stumps. Umpire raised his finger over the LBW appeal.ZIM 61/3 (9)
- 18:53 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: India lose a reviewIndia appealed for an LBW against the wicket of Tadiwanashe Marumani. Bishnoi bowled it down the leg stump and Marumani missed his sweep shot. The ball hit the pad but umpire was unconvinced. India decided to take things upstairs and lost a review. Zimbabwe need 121 runs in 84 balls.ZIM 47/2 (6)
- 18:44 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: Marumani, lucky there!Mukesh Kumar cleaned up Tadiwanashe Marumani with a sensational delivery but the celebrations were soon put to a halt as the umpire declared that it was a no-ball. Mukesh had slightly overstepped while delivering the ball. A total of 11 runs came off the over.ZIM 31/2 (5)
- 18:07 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: India post 167 for 6!A total of 14 runs came off Faraz Akram's over. India get 30 off the last two and they have posted a really good total on the board. This pitch has good amount of help for the bowlers. Zimbabwe batters need to bat really well to get close to the target.IND 167/6 (20)
- 18:00 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: FOUR!Shivam Dube finally managed to take on Richard Ngarawa. A fuller ball from Ngarawa and Dube drove it away for a four through the right side of mid-off. Ngarawa missed his length on the next ball and Dube slammed it for a biggie. On the next ball, Ngarawa bowled a full toss on the leg side and that ball hit the thigh of Dube to run away for another four through fine leg.IND 153/5 (19)
- 17:52 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: OUT!Sanju Samson is gone! Blessing Muzarabani has got a huge wicket at the right time. This is the moment Samson was looking to captalize after scoring his half-century, but he has lost his wicket. It was a slower ball from Muzarabani and Samson mistimed it to deep mid-wicket to depart for 58 off 45.IND 135/5 (17.3)
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- 17:35 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: OUT!Riyan Parag is gone! The pressure was piling up as India scored only 10 runs in the last two overs. Parag tried to go for a big one but mistimed the ball. It was a leg-spin delivery from Brandon Mavuta and Ngarava took a good catch running forward from long-off.IND 105/4 (14.2)
- 17:25 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: Samson on fire!Sanju Samson has changed gears completely. He is going after the Zimbabwe bowlers now. The batter smashed Brandon Mavuta for two sixes in the over. The first one went out of the ground for a 110-metre six. Umpires had to provide another ball to Raza and Co.IND 95/3 (12)
- 17:10 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: India aim to bounce backBrandon Mavuta bowled a five-run over and Faraz Akram followed it with a seven-run over. The duo of Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag have added 16 runs off 18 balls for the fourth wicket so far. They need to take their innings deep to help India make a comeback.IND 56/3 (8)
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- 16:57 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: WICKET!A big wicket for Zimbabwe. It's the one of set batter Shubman Gill and India are in all sorts of trouble as they have lost the top 3 batters, with a over of powerplay still to go. Richard Ngarava bowled a short ball outside off and Gill mistimed it to mid-on.IND 40/3 (5)
- 16:53 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: OUT!Another blow to India and Zimbabwe are showing a really good fight in this game. Abhishek Sharma danced down the track in an attempt to hit Blessing Muzarabani for a big shot but the southpaw nicked the ball to wicketkeeper Madande. What followed was an aggressive celebration and send-off from Muzarabani.IND 38/2 (3.5)
- 16:36 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: 6,6, OUT!It was not a good start for Sikandar Raza as he was slammed for a first-ball six by Yashasvi Jaiswal. To make things worse, it tunned out to be a no-ball and Jaiswal gave a similar treatment to the following free-hit delivery as well. Raza then bowled two dot balls before cleaning up Jaiswal's leg stump with a quicker and fuller delivery.IND 13/1 (0.4)
- 16:16 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: Here are the playing XIs -India: Shubman Gill(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh KumarZimbabwe: Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Faraz Akram, Clive Madande(w), Brandon Mavuta, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani
- 16:15 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: Two changes for India"We were looking to bat first anyway. Our spinners have bowled well and the fast bowlers have been economical. The players have been hungry. It's not easy to play back-to-back matches. Couple of changes. Mukesh Kumar and Parag come in," said India captain Shubman Gill.
- 16:15 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: Here's what Raza said -"We are gonna have a bowl first. The wicket will get better when we bat second. Not difficult at all, the motivation is there, the confidence is there and the skillset is there. We want to do well and finish the series on a high. Brandon Mavuta comes in. Chatara has been rested, he's played four games in a row and we have a Test match coming up," said Sikandar Raza.
- 16:06 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: Zimbabwe opt to bowl firstZimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza has finally won the toss in the series. He lost the toss in all four previous T20Is of the series and therefore came up with a strange antics in the final game. Raza jumped above while flipping the coin and it landed in his favour. Zimbabwe have opted to bowl first.
- 15:50 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: Here is what Gill said -"Chasing was one thing we talked about. We could not do it in the first game, so it was good to get it done. The job is not done though. This is a great team, great bunch of players. Hopefully, we will be able to take the team forward," said India captain Shubman Gill after the team registered a series-clinching 10-wicket win over Zimbabwe in fourth T20I.
- 15:35 (IST)IND vs ZIM Live: Squads -India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill(c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson(w), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv JurelZimbabwe: Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Faraz Akram, Clive Madande(w), Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Brandon Mavuta, Innocent Kaia, Antum Naqvi
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