Gill & Company won second consecutive T20 match, took 2-1 lead in the series

New Delhi. The Indian cricket team has taken a 2-1 lead in the 5-match series by defeating Zimbabwe by 23 runs in the third T20 match. The entire Zimbabwe team, which came to chase the target of 183 runs set by India, returned to the pavilion after scoring 159 runs for 6 wickets. In this match played at Harare Sports Club, captain Shubman Gill scored the highest 66 runs for India while Rituraj Gaikwad missed his half-century by one run. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal returned with 36 runs. The Indian team entered this match with not one or two but four openers. Yashasvi, Gill, Abhishek and Rituraj entered together in this match. The fourth T20 match of the series will be played on July 13 at the same venue.

Zimbabwe had a very poor start while chasing the target. The host team lost its 5 wickets at the score of 39. Opener Wesley Madhavere was out after scoring one run, while Marumani returned to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs. Brian Bennett contributed 4 runs. Captain Sikandar Raza returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 15 runs, while Jonathan Campbell scored one run. Avesh Khan gave the first success to India, while Khalil gave the second blow to Zimbabwe by getting Marumani caught by Shivam Dubey. Wicketkeeper Clive Madande was out after scoring 37 runs. While Dion Myers scored the highest unbeaten 65 runs, Masakadja returned unbeaten after scoring 18 runs. For India, Washington Sundar took 3 wickets while Avesh Khan took 2 wickets.

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Gill played an inning of 66 runs
Batting first against Zimbabwe, India scored 182 runs for 4 wickets with the half-century of captain Shubman Gill. Apart from playing an inning of 66 runs in 49 balls with seven fours and three sixes, opener Gill made a partnership of 67 runs for the first wicket with Yashasvi Jaiswal (36) and 62 runs for the third wicket with Rituraj Gaikwad (49). Reached a strong score.

Raza-Muzarabani took 2-2 wickets
For Zimbabwe, captain Sikandar Raza took 24 wickets while Blessing Muzarabani took two wickets each giving 25 runs. Gill won the toss and decided to bat first and gave a great start to the team by adding 55 runs without losing any wicket in the power play with Jaiswal. Jaiswal hit two fours and a six in the very first over off off-spinner Brian Bennett, while Gill hit two fours and a six on left-arm fast bowler Richard Nagarwa in the next over.

Jaiswal got life on the score of 29
Jaiswal also hit fours and sixes on consecutive balls of fast bowler Tendai Chatara. Jaiswal was given life by Tadivanashe Marumani at sweeper cover off Chatara’s ball on a personal score of 29 runs. However, he could not take advantage of this and in the next over, he was caught by Bennett at backward point off Raza’s ball. Facing 27 balls, he hit four fours and two sixes.

Centurion Abhishek of the last match was out after scoring 10 runs.
Abhishek Sharma, who had scored a century in the last match, also got caught by Marumani on Raza’s ball after scoring only 10 runs. Gill and Gaikwad then took the innings forward. Both of them hit sixes on Wesley Madhevere in the 13th over. India’s century of runs was completed in this over. Gill completed his half-century in 36 balls with four fours on Chatara. Gill and Gaikwad also hit sixes on Raza in the 17th over. However, Gill then caught Raza by waving Muzarabani’s bouncing ball in the air, while Gaikwad also missed the half-century by one run by catching Madhevere in the last over of this fast bowler. Gaikwad hit four fours and three sixes in his 28-ball innings.

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