Live Cricket Score | Zimbabwe vs India Live Score & Commentary | ZIM vs IND Scorecard, India tour of Zimbabwe

2nd ODI • Harare Sports Club • Harare

Zimbabwe

161 (38.1)

India

167/5 (25.4)

IND won by 5 wickets

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Player of the Match Sanju Samson

43(39)

ZIM s

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Zimbabwe s

161/10 (38.1)

Batters

Takudzwanashe Kaitano

21.88

c Samson b Siraj

Innocent Kaia

59.26

c Samson b Thakur

Wesley Madhevere

16.67

c Samson b Krishna

Regis Chakabva

40.00

c Gill b Thakur

Sikandar Raza

51.61

c Kishan b Yadav

Sean Williams

100.00

c Dhawan b Hooda

Ryan Burl

82.98

Not out

Luke Jongwe

37.50

b Thakur

Brad Evans

69.23

b Patel

Victor Nyauchi

0.00

runout (Samson / Siraj)

Tanaka Chivanga

100.00

runout (Krishna / Yadav)

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 14)

TOTAL

(38.1 Ov, RR: 4.22)

161/10

Bowlers

EXT

Mohammed Siraj

2.00

Prasidh Krishna

6.1

4.54

Shardul Thakur

5.43

Axar Patel

2.86

Kuldeep Yadav

6.13

Deepak Hooda

3.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Takudzwanashe Kaitano

c Samson b Siraj

1-20

8.4

Innocent Kaia

c Samson b Thakur

2-27

11.1

Regis Chakabva

c Gill b Thakur

3-29

11.6

Wesley Madhevere

c Samson b Krishna

4-31

12.4

Sikandar Raza

c Kishan b Yadav

5-72

20.6

Sean Williams

c Dhawan b Hooda

6-105

27.6

Luke Jongwe

b Thakur

7-129

32.3

Brad Evans

b Patel

8-149

36.6

Victor Nyauchi

runout (Samson / Siraj)

9-156

37.2

Tanaka Chivanga

runout (Krishna / Yadav)

10-161

38.1

India s

167/5 (25.4)

Batters

Shikhar Dhawan

157.14

c Kaia b Chivanga

KL Rahul

20.00

lbw b Nyauchi

Shubman Gill

97.06

c Evans b Jongwe

Ishan Kishan

46.15

b Jongwe

Deepak Hooda

69.44

b Raza

Sanju Samson

110.26

Not out

Axar Patel

85.71

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 18)

TOTAL

(25.4 Ov, RR: 6.51)

167/5

Did not Bat

Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj

Bowlers

EXT

Tanaka Chivanga

5.43

Victor Nyauchi

8.00

Luke Jongwe

8.25

Brad Evans

5.25

Sikandar Raza

4.00

Sean Williams

13.00

Wesley Madhevere

7.00

Innocent Kaia

0.4

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

KL Rahul

lbw b Nyauchi

1-5

1.4

Shikhar Dhawan

c Kaia b Chivanga

2-47

6.3

Ishan Kishan

b Jongwe

3-83

11.4

Shubman Gill

c Evans b Jongwe

4-97

13.6

Deepak Hooda

b Raza

5-153

23.3

Match Info

Date & Time

20 Aug, 12:45 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

Match

2nd ODI,

India tour of Zimbabwe

Umpires

Adrian Holdstock (South Africa), Iknow Chabi (Zimbabwe), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Pitch Report

Batting-friendly track

Toss

India elected to bowl

0 6 6 1 0 0

Over 23

Runs: 13

0 1 W 0 0 0

Over 24

Runs: 1

0 4 0 1 1wd 0 1

Over 25

Runs: 7

0 0 0 6

Over 26

Runs: 6

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Player of the Match Sanju Samson

43(39)

Commentary

Well then. That's that. India have taken an unassailble 2-0 lead to seal this three-match series. A rest day tomorrow for the visitors before they look for the clean sweep on Monday. Expect a few changes for the side in that contest. That's all we have for the coverage of this game. This is Pratyush Rohra, signing off on behalf of my partner, Pradeep Somashekhar. Bye bye!

KL Rahul (Captain, India): (About Zimbabwe's chances in the game) Not really, we do bat deep, it's good some of the guys to get some time in the middle, the change room was relaxed and wasn't a big total. (About him opening) Didn't work (chuckles), I mean I do need some time in the middle, obviously, playing in the series, coming in here and getting some runs under the belt, hopefully some runs in the next game. They do have some quality attack, they are a quality team, we've seen in the previous series as well, they beat Bangladesh. I've said this in the interview as well, I was back home sitting and watching it on the Television, was great to watch how they played against Bangladesh, how they chased down the totals, the bowlers come hard and they bat well. It's a total rest day tomorrow, we're here to play good cricket and every opportunity, we look to do well and put up a good performance. It's a great turn out today, it's a weekend, wherever we go in the world, we get good support and would like to thank them for turning up in good numbers.

Sanju Samson is the Player of the Match. Here is what he has to say: It's very special and touching for me (to sign the match ball). How much ever time you spend in the middle, it feels really good. Feels really special when you do it for the country. I did take three catches but I missed a stumping too. As keepers, we are used to listening to things we didn't do well. Our pacers picked up the lengths much quicker and better. I felt great keeping wickets for the great fast bowlers we have.

Regis Chakabva (Captain, Zimbabwe): I think we had a really good fight in the field, the last two games we didn't pick up early wickets and we did that today. We were short of plenty of runs but we made it tough for the opposition in the end. (About the toss) It would but it's not in our hands, we were up with the challenge, the execution was good later in the end. The bowlers came off charging, they went on well till the end.

India won by 5 wickets

Sanju Samson - 43* (39) | Shardul Thakur - 3/38
Sean Williams - 42 (42) | Luke Jongwe - 2/33

Another comprehensive victory for the Indians as they seal the series without breaking much sweat. After the bowlers ran riot to bundle out the hosts for a measly total, the batters ensured they don't make a meal of this run chase.

In need of some gametime ahead of the Asia Cup, KL Rahul opened the batting but couldn't make much of an impact. Dhawan showed plenty of intent but couldn't convert it into a meaningful start either. Kishan had a scratchy knock, not making the most of his opportunity at number four.

Shubman Gill looked in supreme touch though, getting off to a good start but even he couldn't convert it into a significant score. However, the job was half done by the time he was dismissed.

Samson and Hooda looked to tip-toe their way to the finish line but the latter was yorked out by Raza, giving the hosts something to smile about in the end. Axar joined the Indian wicket-keeper in the middle to wrap things up and give India an unassaible 2-0 in the series.

It was an encouraging start for the hosts with the ball but they never had enough runs on the board to create a sustained spell of pressure on the Indians. Nyauchi, Chivanga and Jongwe were all impressive with the new ball and could ask some questions of the Indians if they get the new ball in the morning in the next match.

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25.4 Innocent Kaia to Sanju Samson, SIX! BOOM! FINISHES IT IN STYLE! India seals the series, 2-0 with one game to go still but Zimbabwe will be mighty pleased with the effort with the ball as they made India fight for their runs. Floated delivery, in the arc as Samson plants his front foot forward and DISPATCHES it way over long-on fence for a maximum.

25.3 Innocent Kaia to Sanju Samson, slides the length delivery on the stumps, Samson on the backfoot pushes it to the cover fielder for another dot.

25.2 Innocent Kaia to Sanju Samson, tossed up delivery, short on the stumps, Samson on the backfoot defends it down the pitch.

25.1 Innocent Kaia to Sanju Samson, OH! Short delivery, that skids on the outside off, Samson reaches to cut but bottom edge's it into the off-side.

Innocent Kaia, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

India are one hit away now. Will Samson score the winning runs?

overs

161 /5 score

runs

Sanju Samson *

37 (35)

Axar Patel

6 (7)

Wesley Madhevere

0 /7

24.6 Wesley Madhevere to Sanju Samson, short on the pads again, Samson on the backfoot works it to deep mid-wicket for one. Scores are level now!

24.5 Wesley Madhevere to Sanju Samson, short on the middle and leg, Samson on the backfoot punched it to short mid-wicket fielder for no run.

24.5 Wesley Madhevere to Sanju Samson, WIDE! Fires the length delivery from around the wicket, strays it down the leg-side and called a wide. Just 2 needed now!

24.4 Wesley Madhevere to Axar Patel, short and slides into Axar on the off-stump, on the backfoot he punched it back past Madhevere who slides to his right for a single.

24.3 Wesley Madhevere to Axar Patel, quicker one, slides the short delivery into Axar, on the backfoot he turns it into the on-side.

24.2 Wesley Madhevere to Axar Patel, FOUR! Drops it short, just outside off, Axar gives himself some room and cuts it hard, through the backward point region and races to the fence for a boundary.

24.1 Wesley Madhevere to Axar Patel, good length that drifts into Axar on the stumps, lunges and defends it back to the bowler.

Wesley Madhevere, right-arm off break, comes into the attack