🏏India tour of Zimbabwe 2026: 2nd T20I, Harare Sports Club, Harare🏏 - Page 4

Over 9

11 runs

IND 80/2

CRR: 8.88

SS Iyer 19 (17b 3x4)

Ishan Kishan 31 (20b 4x4)

NT Nyamhuri

2-0-19-0

9.6 W

Brian Bennett to Shreyas Iyer, out Caught by Brad Evans!! Bennett goes for 15 runs but breaks the partnership. Zimbabwe will take that. This is another soft dismissal. Iyer knows - he hangs his head back before starting the walk to the dugout. Shreyas Iyer c Brad Evans b Brian Bennett 25(20) [4s-4]

Brian Bennett to Shreyas Iyer, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Blessing Muzarabani to Tilak Varma, FOUR, this is expertly done! All he did was play the ball late with an open bat face for a punch-guide.

13.3

4

Blessing Muzarabani to Tilak Varma, FOUR, lucky boundary! Tilak wanted to walk across and scoop this over short fine leg but the ball took the outside edge and flew to the left of the keeper and into the third man fence

13.2

4

Blessing Muzarabani to Tilak Varma, FOUR, short and outside off stump, cut away uppishly. Backward point flies to the right in hope of taking the catch but the ball evades him. Third man couldn't cut it off running to the left

13.1

Blessing got 2 wickets ..

17.1 W

Nyamhuri to Ishan, OUT

flays it over the top and Bennett running in from the sweeper cover boundary takes a good, diving catch.

Ishan Kishan c Bennett b Nyamhuri 81 (44b 9x4 2x6) SR: 184.09

14:40 Local Time, 12:40 GMT, 18:10 IST: India have got an above par total, maybe by 15 runs or so. When Abhishek and Vaibhav were dismissed fairly early, it looked Zimbabwe were going to take advantage of bowling first and put India under serious pressure. But Ishan Kishan batted brilliantly to bail the team out and alongside Shreyas Iyer stitched a 66-run stand for the third wicket. Tilak walked in and gave great company to Ishan, who was in good flow. Ishan looked all set for a 100

Most 200-plus totals in a calendar year in T20Is

9 - India in 2024

9 - India in 2026

7 - India in 2023

7 - Japan in 2024

7 - Austria in 2025

6 - England in 2022

6 - South Africa in 2022

6 - West Indies in 2024

India have gone past 200 52 times in T20Is, well clear of the next best 29 by South Africa.

IND innings

Overs 1-6: 53/2 at 8.83 RPO

Overs 7-15: 105/1 at 11.66 RPO

Overs 16-20: 61/2 at 12.2 RPO

200-plus totals for IND vs ZIM

256/4 - Chennai, T20 WC 2026

234/2 - Harare, 2024

219/5 - Harare, 2026

Tilak Varma: Obviously, batting in the middle overs was slightly challenging here. But if you see, I think our score is around 220, if I'm not wrong. So, we feel it's a pretty good score. Shreyas and I were talking that anything around 200 would be a really good score here. But when you think about 200, obviously the score can go to 220, especially the way Ishan batted. It was tremendous to watch. Honestly, I love batting in the top order. But I always say that wherever the team needs me, I'm up for it. In the middle overs especially, you want to hit the gaps down the ground, so you can't take too much risk over the fielders. If you want to score through the ground, then you can become a good finisher. Since childhood, I've always aimed to finish games. So, that's what I'm trying to do. Since the Ireland and England series, I have been talking with our head coach, Gautam sir, and now with Laxman sir as well, about wanting to work through the ground. If you hit through the ground, your consistency improves. I spoke a lot with Gautam sir about finding the gaps. I really worked hard during the one-week break we had after the England series. I'm happy that it came through for me today.

Most 200-plus totals in a calendar year in T20Is

9 - India in 2024

9 - India in 2026

7 - India in 2023

7 - Japan in 2024

7 - Austria in 2025

6 - England in 2022

6 - South Africa in 2022

6 - West Indies in 2024

India have gone past 200 52 times in T20Is, well clear of the next best 29 by South Africa.