IND vs ZIM, 2nd T20 Match Highlights: India square series, win by 100 runs, Zimbabwe all out in 18.4 overs

"Very happy today. Great to be back on the winning note. It was not easy to bat in the powerplay, Abhi and Rutu built the innings briliantly. Yesterday was more about us not being able to handle pressure. Ours is a young side. Actually, it was good to have pressure in the first game and we knew what to expect today. Hopefully, the batters continue to fire in the games coming up. Always good to have more options than to have no options."

Abhishek Sharma, "It was a good performance after the defeat yesterday. We didn't have much time to lament. I felt that T20 is all about the momentum, thought it was my day today. Special thanks to the coaches and captain to keep confidence. I feel like if it's your day, you express yourself. After the drop I thought it was my day and had to take responsibility. Rutu helped me in keeping perspective. I always believe in my (hitting) ability. It's about momentum for me. If it's in the arc, I believe I need to hit it over regardless of when it is."

"The world champions will eventually play like world champions. I thought our fielding was bad, dropping four chances hurt us. I expected 200 on that wicket and it'd get better in the second innings. They got 20 extra. I thought it'd be a close game coming into the chase, but wasn't to be. Our top order not firing. Blessing has come leaps and bounce, he's very hungry. As long as he stays fit, he'll bowl well. We've talked about batting for a while. It's easier to fix when there is a pattern. We came out firing today, lot of the issues came down to inexpereince."

"Yesterday was disappointing but feeling great today. We played yesterday and today in the style that we've cultivated over time. I want to contribute towards a win for the team, so today's two wickets were better than yesterday's four. There was no turn but it was skidding, batters didn't have time and were getting hurried. WC celebrations are going on, as they should, since it's been a long wait, that'll continue."

India win by 100 runs against Zimbabwe

Wow, that's good field placement. Somewhere between deep third and deep-backward point and that's exactly where the ball goes

Full toss is pulled across from off stump. Over wide long-on for four. Hip-high full toss, but Mukesh overstepped.

Casual fielding from Abhishek at long-on, ran to the left, got low and let it go onto the cushion. Low full toss, Jongwe made room and whipped it along the ground. Was half-stopped by the bowler

4 runs from the over and a fall of a wicket.
ZIM 123/9 after 18 overs

Skied. Sundar takes it at mid-on and grins end to end. Shortish ball angling in sharply towards off, Muzarabani made room but couldn't cope with the angle or the bounce as he pulled. India on course for a 100+ run win

ZIM 123/9 after 17.4 overs

4 runs from the over a fall of a wicket.

ZIM 119/8 after 17 overs

Madhevere dances down and plays all around it. His struggle ends. Bishnoi went shortish and fired it at 100ks, goes straight on and onto top of leg stump uninterrupted.
ZIM 117/8 after 16.3 overs

10 runs from the over, with a boundary for four.
ZIM 115/7 after 16 overs

Dropped a bit short, Jongwe rocks back and latches on. Pulls it wide of long-on

ZIM 109/7 after 15.1 overs

9 runs from the over.
ZIM 105/7 after 15 overs

Slog swept over square leg. Brings up Zimbabwe's 100 and the crowd go up in cheers.
ZIM 105/7 after 14.5 overs

5 runs from the over.
ZIM 96/7 after 14 overs

8 runs from the over. India is in strong position as Zimbabwe batters fell
ZIM 91/7 after 13 overs

Sits up off a shortish length, Madhevere makes a bit of room and carves it along the ground through cover. Sai Sudharsan made ground, almost overran it and flung above the ball, tried pulling the ball in but in vain
ZIM 87/7 after 12.1 overs

7 runs from the over and fall of a wicket.
ZIM 83/7 after 12 overs

Flighted on a length around off, Jongwe goes across. Far enough to get inside the line and paddles it fine

This time Jurel pings the stumps at the non-striker's with the batter not in the frame. Never a run in that as Masakadza nudged it a few feet to the diagonal right. Non-striker took off and the partner had to follow.

ZIM 76/7 after 11.1 overs

4 runs and fall of a wicket in the over.

Pinned in front. Given out lbw. A chat between the batters and review. Ball was fired in on a shortish length, 100ks, Madande was well inside the crease. Hopped up with jammed feet trying to punch it to long-on. Hit flush on the pad. Three reds

ZIM 73/6 after 10.3 overs

Only 3 runs from the over and fall of a wicket

Gone, Sundar strikes, Campbell fails to control a slog sweep. Length ball going with the angle from outside off, and maybe a bit of extra bounce. He was a little late in getting into position, still not fully down on his back knee, and ends up top-edging high in the air for Bishnoi to catch, moving to his right at deep backward square leg

Only 2 runs from the over.

8 runs from the over. Zimbabwe under pressure

A bit of turn from outside off, but it's short enough for Madhevere to make room and cut with precision, into the gap between cover and deep cover point

Only 1 runs from the over. Bishnoi restricts scoring of Zimbabwe

6 runs from the over

6 runs from the over with a four.

Back of a length, inward nip, and Madhevere, looking to punch into the covers, gets a thick inside edge that runs away for four, beating Avesh's slightly stiff dive to his left at short fine leg. Definitely stoppable ball

6 runs from the over and fall of 2 wickets.

This is such a difficult surface when the ball is banged into the pitch. Raza is out to an unplayable ball. Smacks the pitch with a bouncer, and Raza, stepping across to hook, realises the ball is skidding through much quicker than expected, and he makes a late attempt to fall to the off side and evade the ball. But he leaves his gloves in the way, and pops a catch behind the wicket

ZIM 46/4 after 3.6 overs

Back of a length at the hip, and Raza puts it away, tucks it neatly to the fine leg boundary

Length ball wide of off stump, and Myers could have hit that anywhere, but he's hit it straight to the man at short cover. Flat-bats it, and did that stop on the batter? Maybe. He's looking at the spot where the ball hit his bat, and it's low down, near the toe-end. First-ball duck for Zimbabwe's No. 4

ZIM 41/3 after 3.2 overs

16 runs and fall of a wicket in the over.

Gone, Mukesh has two wickets in two overs for all the punishment he's taken. Length ball, a bit of inward nip into the stumps, and it wasn't quite short enough for the cleared-front-leg leg-side hoick. Sneaks under the bat, and hits the top of middle stump

Bam, six more, Harare Sports Club is roaring. Full, angled into the stumps, and he clears his front leg and absolutely smokes it back over the bowler's head. Clears the sightscreen with ease

Wow. Bennett is in a proper hurry, but he'll have to wait a while for this ball to be retrieved. Short, aiming into the body to try and tuck the batter up for room, but he opens his hips nice and early, and is in a beautiful position to pull it high and onto the roof beyond the square-leg boundary

19 runs from the over with one SIX and A FOUR.

Shot. Big over, this. Back of a length outside off, quickish, and he uses the pace to deftly guide this between slip and backward point

Smacked, and Zimbabwe need a lot more of this. A bit of air outside off, plenty of room for Bennett to free his arms and launch it straight back over the bowler's head, and he connects very, very cleanly
ZIM 13/1 after 1.3 overs

Only 5 runs from the over witha boundary and fall of a wicket.

Bowled him, lovely nip-backer from a length. Kaia gets into a firm front-foot press, but his front foot hasn't really gone that far forward. Looks to drive on the up from there, probably to loft down the ground, and ends up with a big gap for the ball to sneak through and knock back his off stump

ZIM 4/1 after 0.3 overs

Strong intent right away. Shuffles out of his crease and across to the off side, and whips this off-stumpish length ball up and over square leg for a one-bounce four

We are back for Zimbabwe's Innings

Belted down the ground. 82 off the last 30 balls!

IND 234/2 after 19.6 overs

Sits up for the pull, deep midwicket runs to the left but isn't in contention.
IND 228/2 after 19.1 overs

Wide full toss. Rinku tries to slap it square, edges it wide of the keeper who's standing up

IND 222/2 after 19.3 overs

Same pre-movement from Gaikwad, Gaikwad hurls a slow full toss. Missed yorker and it stung in towards the knee-roll, batter got on one knee and pulled it over short fine

IND 217/2 after 19.1 overs

16 runs from the over. Indian batters played some good shots.

IND 213/2 after 19 overs

Another pure strike. As flat as they come. Rinku stands upright and pulls it off a shortish length with a remarkably stable base. Five rows into the crowd over the midwicket fence

IND 213/2 after 19 overs

Might need another ball. Will be the second change in the innings. Muzarabani going for the wide, full ball again. Predictable, and Rinku was onto it. Gets on one knee and smokes it ever so purely
IND 205/2 after 18.4 overs

Might need another ball. Will be the second change in the innings. Muzarabani going for the wide, full ball again. Predictable, and Rinku was onto it. Gets on one knee and smokes it ever so purely

20 runs from the over, Gaikwad smashed some wonderful boundaries.

IND 197/2 after 18 overs

Doesn't miss the wide yorker by much, but Gaikwad went across, opened the face and jammed it to the right of backward point. High backlift, almost no follow-through there
IND 196/2 after 17.5 overs

Edged over short third. Was a length ball that sponged up off the surface, got good bounce but the width allowed Gaikwad to slash freely
IND 192/2 after 17.4 overs

Over long-on, six more. Slot ball outside off, Gaikward stood deep in the crease and clubbed it
IND 188/2 after 17.3 overs

Walks down and pulls it over the bowler. Was a slower ball into the pitch that came in and ended just under waist-height
IND 182/2 after 17.2 overs

12 runs from the over with two fours.

Pulled, bisects long-on and deep midwicket to bring up fifty. Shortish and a bit wide, smacked along the ground
IND 177/2 after 16.6 overs

Lovely little scythe to direct it to the left of deep-backward point. Low, wide full toss. Would've been wide had he left it, but Rinku reached out, crouched and used the horizontal bat to middle it

13 runs from the over with a boundary.
IND 165/2 after 16 overs

Bennett drops it at long-on. Muzarabani should've got Gaikwad again but this one literally slips away, off the fielder's hands. He was moving to the right and tried to take it above head. Ball was around a back of length, well outside off, Gaikwad went across and top edged the pull

Charges down and flays it over sweeper cover. Left-handed larrup as Danny Morrison would say. Was a length ball just outside off, Rinku made a bit of room and stood leg side of it. Slapped it on the move

5 runs from the over. Singles and dot balls in the over

21 runs from the over and a wicket. Abhshek departs after scoring 100

100 and gone but that was a remarkable blitz. Abhishek looked to keep flying. Masakadza went for an arm ball on a length, angling it away outside off. Another heave across the line was duly brought about but the angle and bounce worked against the batter and the ball ballooned to short third

Abhishek brings up a 46-ball hundred and boy does he savour it. Hat-trick of SIXES

Dances down and blasts another one square of the wicket. He's pancaking them while on the move and with the ball on the rise. Amaze

Monstrosity. Abhishek stands like Chris Gayle, has that high back lift and has the cleanest of rotational arcs

IND 135/1 after 13.3 overs

16 runs from the over, with three boundaries including a SIX.

IND 126/1 after 13 overs

Swept wide of short fine, too fine for deep-backward square leg. Slowish length ball lands on off and spins in to go down leg. Easy for Gaikwad to help away

IND 125/1 after 12.4 overs

Almost a stunner at deep extra cover. Fielder ran to the right, was slowing, then realised he wasn't close enough and tried to take it with one hand. Got a palm on it but it landed right below.
IND 120/1 after 12.2 overs

Lumped over long-on. Too full, pace on or off doesn't matter, Abhishek powers it through the line for a long six
IND 116/1 after 12.1 overs

8 runs from the over. Masakzada restricted the score.

28 runs from the over. Abhishek brought lightened up the match and supporters of Indian team.

Abhishek's T20ing excelsis. 28 off the over. India's 100 brought up with a thick outside edge
IND 102/1 after 10.6 overs

Over the wicket, but that doesn't matter, especially if it's wide and in the slot
IND 98/1 after 10.5 overs

Replay? No, not timed as well but clears short fine with another swivelled pull. Too much to do for short fine leg
IND 92/1 after 10.4 overs

Replay? No, not timed as well but clears short fine with another swivelled pull. Too much to do for short fine leg
IND 88/1 after 10.3 overs

Whacked. Sits up from a shortish length, around waist-height and Abhishek swivels and creams it square of the wicket
IND 82/1 after 10.2 overs

11 runs from the over. Two fours from Gaikwad in the over.

And again, full and very wide. This time it was even fuller, so he gets down low and square-drives, beating the sweeper to his left on this occasion
IND 71/1 after 9.2 overs

Starts with a wide half-volley, and Ruturaj is always putting that away even with sweeper cover on the boundary. Stretches out to drive with a roll of the wrists to place it to the right of that fielder

IND 67/1 after 9.1 overs

9 runs from the over with a four and a Six.

Oh, superb. Steps out now, gets close enough to the pitch of this off-stump ball to loft up and over extra-cover with a lovely extension of the arms
IND 59/1 after 8.2 overs

Shot. That was only marginally short, angling into off stump, but Abhishek is so quick to rock back and open up his hips. Powers through the pull and leaves long-on no chance haring to his left
IND 53/1 after 8.1 overs

9 runs from the over.

Hit-me ball, put away. Back of a length, slanting down leg, and he helps it away to the right of short fine leg

4 runs from the over. Balls not coming to the bat. Indian batters struggling to score.
IND 40/1 after 7 overs

7 runs from the over. Boundaries are not coming from Indian side. Zimbabwe trying to tighten the grip

IND 36/1 after 6 overs

Only 1 run from the over. Muzarabani delivered a tight over, not allowing Indian players to score.

IND 29/1 after 5 overs

8 runs from the over with a boundary from Gaikwad.

On the pads, and that's nicely played. Square leg is back on the boundary, but there's still a big gap to be found between that fielder and short fine leg, and Gaikwad places his flick expertly

12 runs from the over with two fours.

Half-volley, punished. Tossed up close to off stump, and he clears his front leg slightly to create extra bounce and launches it flat over the covers

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Similar ball, perhaps a bit more width this time, and Abhishek frees his arms a little more and nearly lofts it for six over cover. One bounce and over the boundary
IND 18/1 after 2.2 overs