Brian Bennett to Abhishek Sharma, no run, flighted delivery on off, knocked into the off-side by Abhishek Sharma
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Brian Bennett to Shubman Gill, 1 run, to mid-wicket
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Brian Bennett to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, darted on the pads, Abhishek Sharma clips it through the leg-side for a single
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Brian Bennett to Abhishek Sharma, no run, tad short outside off, slapped hard to cover-point by Abhishek Sharma
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Brian Bennett to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, Abhishek Sharma opens his account with a maximum!
0.2
Brian Bennett to Abhishek Sharma, wide, fired down the leg-side by Brian Bennett and that's a wide ball
0.1
Brian Bennett to Shubman Gill, 1 run, to mid-wicket
Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma are at the crease. Shubman Gill is on strike. Brian Bennett will open the attack
Out walk the Indian openers.
Teams:
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Wessly Madhevere, Innocent Kaia, Brian Bennett, Sikandar Raza(c), Dion Myers, Johnathan Campbell, Clive Madande(w), Wellington Masakadza, Luke Jongwe, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara
Pitch report: Same pitch that was used yesterday. The Indian players struggled to adapt to the conditions yesterday. Spinners bowled in the good length area. The wickets are coming from a back of a length on this pitch. The fuller the ball, batting becomes much easier.
India (Playing XI): Shubman Gill(c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel(w), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar
Pitch report: Same pitch that was used yesterday. The Indian players struggled to adapt to the conditions yesterday. Spinners bowled in the good length area. The wickets are coming from a back of a length on this pitch. The fuller the ball, batting becomes much easier.
Sikandar Raza: Looks like a summer wicket, the pitch will get better. We wanted to bowl first anyway. The changing room is relaxed and happy. Taking one game at a time, we are here for a reason, will try to get our job done.
Shubman Gill: Going to bat first, same wicket like yesterday. Best opportunity for us to bat. Looks dry, it's a nice sunny day. Need to improve our batting,
India have won the toss and have opted to bat
Right then, it's toss time..
India became the T20 World Champions about a week ago, but they faced a shambolic defeat against Zimbabwe in the same format less than 24 hours ago. The Indian young brigade couldn’t replicate their IPL heroics in Harare and the inexperience was clearly visible and got exposed during the run chase. Ravi Bishnoi claimed four wickets in the match, but the Indian batting order collapsed in the second innings as Chatara and Raza took three wickets apiece.
12:00 Local Time, 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST: Hello and welcome to our coverage of the second game of this 5-match T20I series. Gill played a fighting knock yesterday, but the skipper didn’t get the required support from the other end. The conditions in Harare are different than these Indian players are used to, but given the talent they possess, you can expect the young lads to bounce back soon. You might see contrasting performances from them today, you never know. India’s bowling looks sorted, but the Indian batters need to step up going forward. The toss and teams are not far away, stay around for all the updates..
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