In the first t20 cricket match Zimbabwe batsmen E Chigumbura blast his innings with a scoring half-century (54 runs) off 26 balls, with his great effort his team reached at 170 runs and Zimbabwe won by 2 runs in that match. Now India will do more focus in cricket’s shortest format because if they lose any next match then they will lose the series. Watch India tour of Zimbabwe 2016 Highlights Today, 2nd T20I Zim v Ind at Harare, Monday, June 20, 2016.
Barinder Sran, a left-arm fast bowler, achieved the second-best statistics by a debutant in Twenty20 international cricket by taking three wickets in an over. With his 4 for 10 that set Zimbabwe up, Jasprit Bumrah’s 3 for 11 that shut off any chance of escape, and India’s first ten-wicket victory in T20 cricket, they leveled the series 1-1. It would be sense to assume that bowler-friendly conditions existed if a team was held to 99 for 9.
However, the likelihood of swing was diminished by the clear sky and 1pm start time in Harare. The side batting first had a small edge because this was the third time the pitch had been used during the trip. That was Zimbabwe’s advantage when the cards aligned. The surface’s inherent wear and tear may have made the chase much more challenging if they had racked up a large enough total.
Rather, following the Powerplay with the same deck they had made 170 on just two days before, Zimbabwe were 35 for 4. For the second time in as many games, India threw the new ball to two debutants, and Sran made sure to take as much advantage of it as he could. In his opening three overs, he pitched just one delivery short. His first wicket was really well-made. In nine balls, Zimbabwe failed to score a single run off the bat.
There was a strike by Chamu Chibhabha. Out of his ten runs, he had located eight through bounds. Sran delivered his offcutter, sensing the batter would attempt a release shot. The batsman misjudged his swipe over mid-on, and as he was sprinting towards the boundary, Ambati Rayudu made a great catch over his shoulder. With a terrifying drive through the covers for his first run off the seventh ball.
Hamilton Masakadza reached double digits with a smash down the ground. He lost his middle stump as he heaved across the line in response to the second ball he faced, an inswinger pitched at a decent length. Sikandar Raza, the new batter, was greeted by Sran with a wide slip, and he returned the favor by guiding his second ball to that fielder. Tinotenda Mutumbodzi was wrongly declared leg before wicket by umpire Russell Tiffin, but replays showed he was only duped.
After the batter was hit above the knee roll, Hawk-Eye indicated that the ball had pitched over the leg stump sufficiently. Still, Sran had taken three wickets in an over, and Zimbabwe seemed set for a very disappointing match. It is only the fourth occasion in 559 T20Is that none of their eleven batsmen have been able to register a strike-rate of 100. Replacing Richmond Mutumbami due to injury, Peter Moor scored the most with 31 off 32 balls.
Zimbabwe would have had optimism in his presence, but Dhoni pulled a cruel trick. With the knowledge that the opposition was in a recuperation mode, meaning they were scared of dropping any more wickets, he asked his spinners to go through the middle overs quickly. In the flight, Yuzvendra Chahal tricked an oncoming Malcolm Waller and denied Elton Chigumbura the leverage he so much desired. After 14 overs, with the score at 73 for 5, Zimbabwe began to worry.
India took advantage of it by bringing back Bumrah, their top fast bowler. After Chigumbura’s stumps were destroyed a few minutes later and Moor was caught at point for not seeing the slower delivery coming, Zimbabwe’s only chance was to play out the 20 overs after all of their specialist batters were out of the game. With 24 wickets so far in 2016, Bumrah leads all bowlers in the standings. It was an easy chase.
Mandeep Singh easily reached his first T20I fifty, but if Malcolm Waller—who was racing forward from deep square leg—and Taurai Muzarabani—who was going back from short fine leg—had communicated more effectively, Singh may have been caught in the fifth over. When all was said and done, the ball trickled for four.
On 22, the India opener gave the fielder on the square-leg boundary, Donald Tiripano, another opportunity when he drew straight to him, and the latter parried over the rope for six. For Zimbabwe, it was simply that type of day. They had trouble with the fundamentals from the beginning to the very end.
Zimbabwe team: CJ Chibhabha, H Masakadza, Sikandar Raza, MN Waller, E Chigumbura, PJ Moor†, CT Mutombodzi, AG Cremer*, N Madziva, T Muzarabani, DT Tiripano.
India team: KL Rahul, Mandeep Singh, AT Rayudu, MK Pandey, KM Jadhav, MS Dhoni*†, AR Patel, DS Kulkarni, JJ Bumrah, BB Sran, YS Chahal.
Match scheduled/Timings: 13:00 local time (11:00 GMT)
Who won the toss Ind v Zim Today: Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat
T20I no. 559 | 2016 season
Played at Harare Sports Club
20 June 2016 (20-over match)
Umpires – L Rusere and RB Tiffin
TV umpire – TJ Matibiri
Match referee – RB Richardson
Reserve umpire – O Chirombe
