India take an unassailable lead over Zimbabwe

A dominating victory from India over Zimbabwe as they won the match by 10 wickets and took the series to their name. In the 5 match series, they are in 3-1 lead with one match to spare. 

It was a hattrick win for the Men In Blue after getting a defeat in the very first match of the series. The last victory came when the visiting team got the match into their name by 23 runs.  

Zimbabwe scored 152/7 in 20 overs and in reply India easily chased down the target in 15.2 overs and scored 152 runs without losing any wickets. 

Shubman Gill after winning the toss chooses to bowl first. 

A brilliant opening was given by the hosting nation as they put 67 runs for the first wicket. Wesley Madhevere (25 runs) and Tadiwanashe Marumani (32 runs) got a steady start. 

Then in the middle skipper Sikander Raza took the charge with his destructive knock of 46 runs in 28 balls. He hit 2 fours and 3 sixes in his knock. 

Khaleel Ahmed got 2 wickets while Shivam Dube, Tushar Deshpande, Washington Sundar and Abhishek Sharma got 1 wicket each. 

In the chase, the fantastic opening duo of Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal took the momentum for the team from start till the end. Both of them got unbeaten and took a clinical win for the team. 

Gill scored 58 runs in 39 balls in which 6 fours and 2 sixes were included and has a strike rate of 148.72 whereas Jaiswal scored 93 runs in 53 balls and hit 13 fours and 2 sixes and has a strike rate of 175.47. 

None of the bowlers from the hosting country got any single wicket. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal, India, Player of the Match

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