India got a healthy win against the hosting nation Zimbabwe by 23 runs to get a lead in a 5 match series by 2-1. Two more matches remain.
India scored 182/4 in 20 overs and in reply Zimbabwe scored 159/6 in 20 overs.
It was Men In Blue back to back victory as they got the first victory in the last match while the first was won by the hosting country.
Shubman Gill after winning the toss chooses to bat first.
Men In Blue’s skipper Gill led from the front as he scored the most runs for the team. He scored 66 runs and must be relieved after some strings of low scores in the international circuit. He played 49 balls and hit 7 fours and 3 sixes and has a strike rate of 134.69.
He got a good support from Yashasvi Jaiswal (36 runs) in the opening as both of them added 67 runs there. Then towards the end, Ruturaj Gaikwad showed his good hands and got 49 runs in 28 balls in which 4 fours and 3 sixes were included.
Sikander Raza and Blessing Muzarabani got 2 wickets each.
In the chase, the hosting nation struggled a bit as they lost 5 wickets in just 39 runs on the board. But then a solid partnership was made between Dion Myers and Clive Madande as they contributed 77 runs for the 6th wicket. Madande scored 37 runs in 26 balls whereas Myers hit his maiden international T20 half-century after scoring unbeaten 65 runs.
Myers faced 49 balls and hit 7 fours and a six. Wellington Masakadza showed little destruction towards the end as he managed unbeaten 18 runs in 10 runs.
Washington Sundar showed his brilliancy with his finger spin as he grabbed 3 wickets in his 4 overs and conceded only 15 runs. Avesh Khan got 2 wickets while Khaleel Ahmed got 1 wicket.