Sunday 19 July 2015

India vs Zimbabwe, 2nd T20: Zimbabwe won by 10 runs

India tour of Zimbabwe 2015

 

India vs Zimbabwe 2nd T20

Ending the long series of defeats, Zimbabwe has won the second T20 match against India. The match was played at Harare Sports Club, Harare on Sunday, July 19. Zimbabwe, while batting first, scored 145 runs in 20 overs while India could score 135 runs and lost by 10 runs. The T20 series ended in a tie (1-1).

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat first. The team started well with the opener Chamu Chibhabha scored 67 runs of 51 balls. Zimbabwe team scored 145 runs with the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit Sharma, each took 2 wickets for India.

Zimbabwe Innings Score Card


India was given a target of 146 runs to be chased in 20 overs, which didn't seem very big seeing the recent performances of the team, but the luck probably was not in the favour of the team. India lost first 5 of their wickets for just 69 runs. Only Robin Uthappa did a respectable job and scored 42 runs for 25 balls before he was caught by Seam Williams. Indian team could only score 135 runs in 20 overs and lost 9 wickets.

Graeme Cremer took 2 wickets for his team.

India Innings Score Card

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