Shubman Gill and Jaiswal were mostly concerned with boundaries when it came to the chase. Both cricket players looked perfect in the centre, so they wanted to wrap it up early. The Zimbabwean bowlers appeared illiterate in the middle as none of them were able to halt the onslaught.
After not participating in a single game at the recently finished T20 World Cup, India’s opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was itching for more runs. He caused havoc in the fourth Twenty20 International match between Zimbabwe and the Men in Bue, blasting 93 runs to assist the Men in Bue defeat the Chevrons by ten wickets. He was strongly assisted by India’s skipper Shubman Gill, who scored 58 runs off just 39 balls to win the series.
The plan was to assess the conditions first, thus after winning the toss, the visitors elected to bowl first. Despite Zimbabwe’s explosive start, their bowlers performed admirably. Interestingly, Wessly Madhevere was removed by Shivam Dube, putting Zimbabwe on the back foot, while Abhishek Sharma, who gave up a lot of runs during the series, made the first breakthrough.
Zimbabwe’s skipper Sikandar Raza made an unsuccessful attempt to save the country from a dire situation. As the hosts amassed 152 runs in the opening innings, the seasoned all-rounder blasted 46 runs off of 28 balls. Two wickets were taken by pacer Khaleel Ahmed, and one each by Tushar Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Abhishek, and Dube.
Jaiswal in particular was an aggressive cricketer, with ___ boundaries and ____ sixes in his innings. He was ultimately named Player of the Match after having an incredible evening. He’s guaranteed a spot in the series against Sri Lanka with that.
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However, Gill demonstrated that he is prepared for Twenty20 international cricket by easily hitting a half-century. Given how strong Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, and Ruturaj Gaikwad have been in the series, there were concerns over Gill’s participation when India was slated to play Sri Lanka next. But the standout Indian batsman is back in the running after recording an incredible half-century.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Zimbabwe vs India’s fourth T20I:
India win by 10 wickets. India lead the series 3-1 with a match to be followed tomorrow
— Omkaran Reddy (@omkaran_reddy) July 13, 2024
India won by 10 wkts pic.twitter.com/202SeJi32V
— Jemimah Holmes (@HolmesJemi13246) July 13, 2024
10 wicket wins for India in men’s T20Is
vs ZIM in 2016 (chased 100)
vs ZIM in 2024 (chased 153) pic.twitter.com/vaE1x9DruI— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) July 13, 2024
Back to Back Fifty for Shubman Gill in Just 35 balls
– Captain is Leading From Front for Team India#ShubmanGill #INDvZIM pic.twitter.com/MZw8UKIptq
— Ahmed Says (@AhmedGT_) July 13, 2024
Back to back fifty for captain Shubman Gill.
#INDvsZIM #INDvZIM #ZIMvIND #AbhishekSharma #RuturajGaikwad #ShubmanGill
— Caught_&_Bowled (@caughtn_bowled) July 13, 2024
Highest Strike Rate in Powerplay in T20Is Since 2023 (Minimum 200 balls faced/full-members):
168 – Travis Head (415 Runs)
163 – Philip Salt (392 Runs)
162.30 – Yashasvi Jaiswal (409 Runs)
148 – Tim Seifert (338 Runs)
146 – Jos Buttler (331 Runs) pic.twitter.com/rZ1jA5xNLY— sundram (@sundram94079798) July 13, 2024
Yashasvi Jaiswal strong come back in international cricket
— Anop choudhary (@siyol_annu) July 13, 2024
FIFTY FOR YASHASVI JAISWAL.
He smashed fifty in just 29 balls in this run chase against Zimbabwe in 4th T20I Match, He showed his class – The future of Indian cricket. pic.twitter.com/B2c3a8TW0o
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh) July 13, 2024
Talk about making a cracking start!
A quickfire
-run stand between captain Shubman Gill & Yashasvi Jaiswal!
— Knockout (@memeswallha) July 13, 2024
First international wicket for Abhishek Sharma, he gets the much needed breakthrough for India .
#Abhisheksharma𓃵 #Zimvind #ZIMvsIND #indvszim #indvzim #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/zHXMi7bEUB
— 𝙶𝙾𝙰𝚃 ⁰⁴𓃵 (@AbhisshekSharma) July 13, 2024
RAVI BISHNOI IS A TOP LEVEL FIELDER AND BOWLER
#INDvZIM
— JustSaying (@maulikgarg96) July 13, 2024
Ravi Bishnoi runs out Johnathan Campbell
Brilliant throw from Ravi Bishnoi
#ZIMvIND | #INDvZIM | #INDvsZIM pic.twitter.com/ztj7tx3Kbr
— Don Cricket
(@doncricket_) July 13, 2024
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