India smashes Zimbabwe to equalize the series

India got their rhythm back in the 2nd T20 of the 5 match series against Zimbabwe and got a dominating victory by 100 runs. With this the series is now 1-1 and three more matches remain.

India scored 234/2 in 20 overs and in reply Zimbabwe just managed 134/10 runs in 18.4 overs. 

Yesterday the Men In Blue lost the 1st T20 match by 13 runs, which broke their 18 match undefeated streak in the T20s. They were the 2024 T20 World Cup champion, which they won in the West Indies.   

Shubman Gill after winning the toss opted to bat first. 

Shubman once again failed to provide runs with the bat and managed just 2 runs at the start. But Abhishek Sharma had some other plans as he registered his maiden T20 international century. He scored 100 runs in 47 balls in which he hit 7 fours and 8 sixes. His strike rate was 212.77. 

He was well supported by Ruturaj Gaikwad from the other end who scored 77 runs in 47 balls. He hit 11 fours and a six in his knock and has a strike rate of 163.83. Rinku Singh towards the end showed his fierce batting and scored unbeaten 48 runs in 22 balls. He hit 2 fours and 5 sixes in his innings and has a strike rate of 218.18. 

Blessing Muzarabani and Wellington Masakadza got 1 wicket each. 

In the chase, the African team struggled a lot at the start as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals, due to which the score at one point of time was 76/7. Brian Bennett got a destructive start as he scored 26 runs in 9 balls and hit one four and 3 sixes. 

Wessly Madhevere scored the most runs for his team as he managed 43 runs with the bat in 39 balls. He hit 3 fours and a six in his knock. Luke Jongwe showed some power hitting in the end as he scored 33 runs in 24 balls and hit 4 boundaries. 

Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar got 3 wickets each whereas Ravi Bishnoi showed his brilliancy as he conceded only 11 runs in his 4 overs and took 2 wickets. Washington Sundar got 1 wicket. 

Abhishek Sharma, India, Player of the Match

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