IND vs ZIM Highlights: India blow away Zimbabwe by 100 runs to level series at 1-1

A hat-trick of SIXES and Abhishek Sharma scores his maiden international hundred off just 46 balls. What a knock this has been from the youngster. 7 fours and 8 sixes in his knock so far and it has come in at a strike rate of over 212. A special knock from Abhishek as he puts both his hands up after getting to his maiden ton. Gets a hug from partner Ruturaj Gaikwad amid huge cheers from the fans.

SIX! SIX! Abhishek Sharma going all guns blazing at the moment as he now takes on Masakadza. Fires a couple of back-to-back sixes to move into 90s.

Strangled down the leg side on the final ball of the Sikandar Raza over, Abhishek Sharma was given out caught behind by the on-field umpire but he survives with the help of a review. He fired a six and a couple of fours in the 16-run Raza over, moving to 82 off 43 balls. Abhishek racing towards his maiden T20I ton. IND 126/1 in 13 overs

SIX! Abhishek Sharma going hammer and tongs at the moment. A cracking strike from him off Sikandar Raza. The Zimbabwe skipper bowls in the slot for Abhishek has he hammers the ball over long-on in style. IND 116/1 in 12.1 overs

Wd2 2 4 6 4 6 4 - Abhishek Sharma has gone absolutely berserk. He takes Dion Myers to the cleaners in his first over. Smacks a couple of fours and sixes in the Myers over as 28 runs came off India. With the massive 11th over, involving 28 runs,100 also came up for India. Abhishek has raced to 67 off 36 balls.

A cracker of a knock this has been from Abhishek Sharma. He got out for a duck yesterday on debut but today Abhishek makes up for his mistake and fires his maiden T20I half-century. A fifty off 33 balls laced with 4 fours and three of sixes. He got dropped today as well but has made the most of the lifeline given. A solid knock from Abhishek and it has come at a strike rate of over 160. IND 88/1 in 10.3 overs

Abhishek Sharma 41*
Ruturaj Gaikwad 29*
Partnership: 64*(52)

FOUR! FOUR! Luke Jongwe gets hit for back-to-back boundaries through the off side. Ruturaj Gaikwad produces a classic square cover drive of fthe first ball of the over. He then cuts the next ball behind point for his fourth boundary of the innings. IND 71/1 in 9.2 overs

SIX! Sikandar Raza bowls a tossed up delivery and Abhishek Sharma shimmied down the track. Middled the ball beautigully as his inside-out shot sailed over the wide long-off fence for a maximum. IND 59/1 in 8.2 overs

Dropped! Abhishek Sharma gets a lifeline as he is dropped on 27 by Mazakadza. Luke Jongwe bowled a full length ball outside off and Abhishek went for the slog. Got the top edge as the ball went straight up. Mazakadza came in from long-off, settled in nicely but failed to hold on to the catch. IND 45/1 in 7.5 overs

1 0 1 1 0 1 - Sikandar Raza starts off with a tidy four-run first over. Abhishek Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad have added 30 runs (34 balls) together but not at the pace they would have liked. Luke Jongwe now comes into the attack for Zimbabwe. IND 40/1 in 7 overs

Abhishek Sharma 23*
Ruturaj Gaikwad 9*
Partnership: 26*(28)
Blessing Muzarabani 1/1

0 0 1 0 0 0 - Change of ends for Blessing Muzarabani and he produces a solid one-run second over. Abhishek Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad not looking comfortable against Zimbabwe pacers at the moment against this new ball. Tendai Chatara to continue from the other end. IND 29/1 in 5 overs

FOUR! Ruturaj Gaikwad gets his first boundary of the contest. Tendai Chatara strays down the leg side on the final ball of his first over and Ruturaj clips to the line leg fence with absolute ease. IND 28/1 in 4 overs

FOUR! FOUR! Abhishek Sharma is up and running for India. Into his second over, Brian Bennett gets hammered for back-to-back boundaries through the off side. A couple of tossed up deliveries and Abhishek hit them both inside-out to the deep cover fence with absolute ease. IND 18/1 in 2.2 overs

0 W 0 0 0 0 - Blessing Muzarabani is spot on in his first over. Begins with a wicket maiden for Zimbabwe as India suffer early blow. Brian Bennett to continue from the other end for the hosts.

OUT! Early blow for India as Blessing Muzarabani strikes second ball. India skipper Shubman Gill disappoints as he falls for 2 in the second over. Muzarabani bowls in the slot for Gill and he just hits it straight down the throat of Brian Bennett at mid-on. IND 10/1 in 1.2 overs

1 Wd 6 0 1 1 0 - Offie Brian Bennett starts off with an expensive 10-run first over that had a maximum in it. Both the India openers are off the mark. Blessing Muzarabani to share the new ball with Bennett from the other end for Zimbabwe.

After a duck on debut, Abhishek Sharma is off the mark in international cricket with a cracking hit. A maximum to kick-off his T20I career. Brian Bennett bowls a half tracker and Abhishek slams it over the backward square leg fence for half-a-dozen. IND 7/0 in 0.2 overs

Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma are in the middle to begin the innings for India. Off-spinner Brian Bennett to start the proceedings for Zimbabwe. A slip in place for Bennett . Gill on strike. Here we go!

Wessly Madhevere, Innocent Kaia, Brian Bennett, Sikandar Raza(c), Dion Myers, Johnathan Campbell, Clive Madande(w), Wellington Masakadza, Luke Jongwe, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara

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.

Shubman Gill(c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel(w), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar

India captain Shubman Gill wins the toss and opts to bat first vs Zimbabwe in Harare. Sai Sudharsan makes debut.

“We can learn something from every match. I am trying to learn from every match and get better at what I am doing,” he said.

“It's time for new players. The senior players are retired and handed over the mantle to us. It's our responsibility to take the flight ahead.”

“Shubman's captaincy is very good. His bowling changes were spot on, it's a sign of good captaincy,” he added.

Having hurt the Shubman Gill-led India hard in the opening T20I in Harare, Zimbabwe spinner Wellington Masakadza said the tourists should take the home side lightly at their own risk, and added that they will exploit the home conditions to the maximum to win the five-match series.

A new-look India team suffered a 13-run loss to an inexperienced yet spirited Zimbabwe side in an upset of massive proportion.

India, who were recently crowned champions in the T20 World Cup albeit with a different set of players, were expected to blow away the Zimbabwean challenge when they restricted the home side to 115 for nine.

But Zimbabwe wrote their own script, reducing India to 28 for four in the Powerplay and then eventually bowling them out for 102 in 19.5 overs.

It was India's first loss in T20Is in 2024 and first against Zimbabwe in eight years.

Masakadza, who finished with figures of 1/15 in three overs, said: "We are trying to use our own conditions as much as we can against this Indian side. It's a second-string Indian side, but there are a lot of good players in there. So, we are looking forward to this series."

"We've had a few plans in place. We needed them to work and obviously, we are trying to use our own conditions as much as we can against this Indian side."

India leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi said the team needs to bounce back stronger and return to the field for the second T20I with a fresh mind just a day after suffering an unexpected defeat against an inexperienced Zimbabwe side.

India faltered badly in the chase of 116 and were bowled out for 102 in the first T20I here on Saturday. The second match will be played here on Sunday.

“We are trying our best and we need to bounce back stronger. We just need to come back tomorrow (Sunday) with a fresh mind for the second match,” said Bishnoi in the post-match press meet.

Bishnoi said India failed to stitch together good partnership and that led to their downfall.

“It was a good game of cricket, but we collapsed, lost continuous wickets. A partnership would have made the game better for us. We could not do that. I think that made the difference,” he said.

“Zimbabwe's bowling and fielding were really good. They did not allow us to build partnerships,” he added.

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IND vs ZIM Live score: Zimbabwe give young India a reality check, by beating T20 World champions by 13 runs as Sikandar Raza took 3-25 in the first T20 International at the Harare Sports Club, an early blow to the newly-crowned world champions in the five-game series