The score is now level at 1-1 with three games remaining. Like the first two matches, the remaining three games will also be played at the Harare Sports Club.
It's a way to get things back on track. Shubman Gill's young Indian team levelled the 5-match T20I series between India and Zimbabwe by beating Chevron by 100 runs in the second encounter. After yesterday's narrow 13-run loss, the team in blue was all set to prove its point. Everyone thought that tough bowling and early wickets would put the Indian team in trouble again, but Abhishek Sharma had different plans. The left-handed pacer scored a quick century to show why he was among the unlucky few to miss out on the T20 World Cup. He has brilliant support from Ruturaj Gaikwad, who is playing second fiddle brilliantly. The Indian bowlers are back on track, while the fielding on both sides could have been better.
All About Abhishek Sharma
The second T20I match between India and Zimbabwe was played by Abhishek Sharma. The left-handed pacer, who had scored on debut, made a comeback in the best possible manner. His first ton came off just 46 balls and it was his knock that pushed India to 234. The opener scored his first fifty off just 33 balls and scored his next fifty off just 13 balls as he broke several records.
But he wasn't the only one scoring big. Ruturaj Gaikwad also scored a half-century. While Abhishek made his pitches look easy, Ruturaj struggled. He scored 48 (37) runs once and then went crazy, scoring 29 runs off the next nine balls. He made 77 runs on July 7 to pay tribute to his mentor MS Dhoni.
Rinku Singh is also in fine form after scoring a goal in the first match, as was Abhishek in the last match. The player has the highest strike rate among all the players in the Indian team (218.18) and has hit five sixes during his playing time.
The credit for India's huge total (234) must also go to Zimbabwe's players. Yang missed four overs, giving opportunities to Abhishek and Ruturaj. The CSK captain caught his first ball while Abhishek was dropped on 24 (22) and went on to score 76 runs off 25 balls.
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Similar to the last match, India's bowling performance was of a high standard. All players except part-timers Abhishek Sharma and Ryan Parag took a wicket. Zimbabwe put on 19 runs in Abhishek's first innings, giving hope, but after Brian Bennett departed after bowling 9 balls, the match was under India's control.
From 40/1 in 2.5 innings, their total fell to 73/6 in 10.3 innings, scoring just 23 runs in 46 balls and losing 5 wickets in the process. Zimbabwe's tail was wagging in the same manner as in the last match, as they scored 61 runs for the last four wickets.
As happened yesterday, Washington Sundar and Ravi Bishnoi caused problems for the Zimbabwean batsmen who failed against them.
However, this time, Indian fast bowlers performed much better. Compared to the previous match where they scored only 2 wickets in 10 innings, today they managed to score 6 wickets in 7.4 innings.
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