India vs Zimbabwe Live Score, 5th T20I: India sealed the series on July 14 after the Men in Blue, under Shubman Gill’s captaincy, defeated Zimbabwe by 42 runs in the 5th T20I match.
The southern African team, under Sikandar Raza’s leadership, won the first match but could not manage to win any other.
On July 14, Yashasvi Jaiswal got out after getting a record-breaking start, with India getting 13 off 1 ball. Shubman Gill (13) and Abhishek Sharma (14) were out soon. India were 40/3 5 overs.
Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag held India’s innings and had a 65-run partnership. India scored 30 runs off the last 2 overs and reached 167/7 in 20 overs.
In reply, Zimbabwe lost the 1st wicket in the 3rd ball of the innings. Mukesh Kumar hit early. It lost another wicket soon and were at 15/2 in the 3rd over, thanks to Mukesh.
Then, they had a good partnership of 44 runs. After that, they took their team to 85/4 in the 13th over when Myers got out. They lost 3 more wickets while scoring just 9 more runs. That included Sikandar Raza’s run-out due to a mix-up.
Akram tried his best to keep the game alive. He scored 27 off 13 balls. The hosts eventually got all out for 125.
India’s Playing XI
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande and Mukesh Kumar.
Zimbabwe’s Playing XI
Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Faraz Akram, Clive Madande (w), Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Brandon Mavuta.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Mukesh Kumar gets 4/22 in 3.3 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Batting first, India set a target of 168 for the home team. In reply, the hosts get bundled out for 125.
Mukesh Kumar gets the best figures of his career, 4/22 in 3.3 overs.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 125/10 after 18.3 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Akram is playing at 26 off 11 balls. With 48 needed off 2 overs, can he pull up a miracle? Mukesh Kumar continues.
Akram takes a single, and it’s a No Ball. This is the second time in the match that Mukesh overstepped. Last time, it cost India a wicket.
Mukesh turns out to be too smart for Akram. A thick outside edge goes to Sanju Samson. Zimbabwe are down to their last wicket.
Ngarava is their number 11. Mukesh bowls a Wide Ball, gifting one more run to the hosts. Then, he bowls another Wide Ball.
Next, he hits the timber. Middle stump! Zimbabwe are bundled out for 125. India win by 42 runs.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 120/8 after 18 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Akram is playing the innings of his career! He hits another SIX, this time off Tushar Deshpande. His next shot is a smart one, which goes for a FOUR! Is there a twist in the tail?
In 2.2 overs, Tushar has already conceded 24! He hits Akram’s chest with a bouncer next.
Tushar turns out to be too quick for Brandon. Deshpande gets his first WICKET!
Muzarabani comes to bat.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 109/7 after 17 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Shivam Dube is bowling his 4th over. He has taken 2 wickets for 15 in the previous 3 overs.
Zimbabwe need boundaries, but they don’t seem to be in the mood to try to hit one. It’s just singles and Dot Balls for now.
Akram soon changes the mood and hits one for a SIX!
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 99/7 after 16 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Abhishek Sharma bowls his third over. He takes the next WICKET! Sanju Samson takes Madande’s catch.
Brandon Mavuta comes to bat and gets off the mark right away. Sanju misses Akram’s regulation catch. Sharma would have claimed another one.
Akram takes a couple of runs to end the over.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 94/6 after 15 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Dube, who has been impressive with the ball, continues. He doesn’t give away anything other than singles.
Dube STRIKES! Campbell goes OUT as Tushar takes the catch.
Akram comes to bat and hits a FOUR right away.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 89/5 after 14 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Bishnoi comes to bowl. He seems to be having an off-day at the office so far. But, he bowls tightly, without giving away any singles.
Raza gets run out!
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 86/4 after 13 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Shivam Dube continues. He manages to keep Zimbabwe batters quiet for now.
Rinku Singh injured himself in the last over. He has hurt his knee. He gets treated as Shivam bowls.
Shivam’s tight bowling gets rewarded. Myers is GONE!
Johnathan Campbell comes to bat.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 82/3 after 12 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Abhishek concedes a FOUR in the first ball. He manages well and ends the over with 7 runs.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 75/3 after 11 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Shubman Gill brings Shivam Dube now. He concedes singles only and gives away just 6 runs.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 69/3 after 10 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Myers hits the first SIX of the Zimbabwe innings off Abhishek Sharma. With a single, Raza faces Sharma. He’s Zimbabwe’s highest run-scorer in the tournament.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 61/3 after 9 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Washington Sundar hits Marumani’s pads. But, the umpire thinks it’s not out. In the next ball, Washington gets his man.
Skipper Raza comes to bat. The Indian spinner troubles him. He concedes just 2 runs and takes a wicket in this over.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 59/2 after 8 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Bishnoi continues after his first over, which was expensive. Soon, he concedes another FOUR! He bowls a tight one anyway.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 57/2 after 7 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Washinton Sundar comes to bowl. He’s the leading wicket-taker in the tournament. He conceded singles and doubles; 5 runs from the over.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 47/2 after 6 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Ravi Bishnoi is introduced. Myers starts with a positive shot. Rinku saves it from going down the boundary. Myers attacks Bishnoi and hits for a FOUR this time. It’s reverse-sweep next. Same result!
Soon, India go for a review for an LBW. It has pitched outside the leg. Not out! Myers hits him for a FOUR as well.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 31/2 after 5 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Marumani gets another FOUR with another cut. Mukesh continues. The left-handed opener follows it up with another FOUR!
It’s Marumani’s lucky day. Mukesh castles him, but it’s a No Ball. Mukesh, however, concedes no runs in the Free Hit.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 20/2 after 4 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Tushar continues. He conceded 13 in his first over. He does well in this one and gives away 1 run in the first 4 balls. His short-pitch delivery doesn’t bounce much. A couple of Dot Balls to end the over.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 19/2 after 3 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Mukesh continues. In the second delivery, he gets Bennett.
Dion Myers, who has one of the highest strike rates, comes to bat. He gets his first FOUR!
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 15/1 after 2 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Tushar Deshpande comes to bowl and gets hit for a FOUR! Bennett hits the first boundary for his team. He follows it up with another FOUR! Tushar, like in the last match, starts in an expensive fashion.
Then, Tadiwanashe Marumani cuts him for another FOUR!
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM 2/1 after 1 over
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Mukesh Kumar starts but soon bowl a Wide Ball to help start the Zimbabwe scoreboard. Wessly Madhevere drags the next to the stumps. India get their first wicket!
Brian Bennett, 20, comes to bat.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 167/6 after 20 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Akram will bowl the 20th over. Can India hit him hard? The over starts with a terrible mix-up between Rinku and Shivam. Raza misses Rinku’s catch, and that creates confusion. Shivam gets out.
Rinku takes a couple. Then, he slashes hard, but Akram manages to save it from going for a boundary. Next, Washington Sundar gets a full toss. He takes a single and gives the strike to Rinku. Just 4 runs so far from the over.
Rinku has yet to hit a boundary. That’ll change now. He hits Akram for a SIX! That’s the 11th SIX for India in this innings. Next, a Leg-Bye goes for a FOUR!
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 153/5 after 19 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Ngarava will bowl the 19th over. He starts with a yorker. Shivam takes a single and gives the strike to Rinku. He continues to bowl a tight line. He has bowled 12 Dot Balls so far. Indian batters just can’t hit big.
Shivam ends the drought and hits a FOUR across the Cover. He backs it up with a SIX! Dube hits another FOUR! Ngarava’s brilliant numbers get spoilt over here.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 137/5 after 18 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Muzarabani returns. Sanju Samson hits it for a FOUR! Sanju perishes next after scoring 58 off 45 balls.
Rinku Singh, who has the highest strike rate in the tournament, comes to bat. Two left-handers for India now. Muzarabani finishes his spell with 2/19 in 4 overs.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 131/4 after 17 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Sanju gets to his 50 in 39 balls with a couple from Raza’s delivery. Shivam misses a full ross from the Zimbabwe skipper. Singles and doubles continue. Raza finishes his spell with 1/37 in 4 overs.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 122/4 after 16 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Ngarava returns to the attack. Soon, Sanju hits him for a SIX! A single brings Dube to face the left-handed Zimbabwe pacer. Shivam plays smart and nudges it to the Third Man for a single.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 113/4 after 15 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Mavuta bowls. Riyan tries to reverse-sweep and fails. Mavuta gets rewarded as Riyan gets out while trying to hit it for a SIX!
It’s power-hitter Shivam Dube who comes next. Can he deliver today? Let’s see. Everyone remembers his important innings in the T20 World Cup final.
He takes a couple and then a SIX!
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 105/3 after 14 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Muzarabani returns. Sanju Samson looks eager as he takes a single. Riyan Parag tries to pull twice and misses both. The bounce is not as high as he expects.
Sanju Samson has a chat with Riyan, who controls the next shot and takes a single. Muzarabani gives away just 4 runs in the over.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 101/3 after 13 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Akram is on to his third over. Singles in the over so far. Sanju takes a couple as India reach 100. India’s second 50 comes in 33 balls. It’s a single again.
Then, it’s a play-and-miss for Riyan.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 95/3 after 12 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: After bowling a couple of Dot Balls, Mavuta bowls a Wide Ball. Next, Sanju sends him out of the stadium. Zimbabwe now need a new ball. That’s the 300th six for Sanju in T20 cricket. Sanju backs it with another SIX over the Cover. It’s a 50-run partnership.
Sanju takes a single and goes to the non-striker’s end. Riyan takes one to end the over.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 80/3 after 11 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Raza comes to bowl his third over. Indian batters are playing him cautiously, taking singles and doubles.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 75/3 after 10 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Brandon Mavuta bowls. Riyan Parag has been quiet for some time. He picks up the length and hits a massive SIX! It’s on the roof!! Mavuta bowls a Wide Ball next. A single to end the over.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 64/3 after 9 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Raza returns to the attack. Sanju decides to counter-attack. He steps out and hits the Zimbabwe captain out of the park for a SIX! Sanju takes a tight single next. Raza is not happy because it needed a direct hit.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 56/3 after 8 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Akram comes to bowl again. This is his chance to better the numbers. He’s been expensive. Sanju and Riyan must be having good understanding as they batted a lot together for Rajasthan Royals (RR) in IPL 2024.
Zimbabwe fielders fumble twice, and India take a couple of runs back-to-back. Akram bowls a Wide Ball next.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 49/3 after 7 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: With the Power Play done, Leg-Spinner Brandon Mavuta comes to bowl. Sanju takes a single in the second ball.
Indian batters are dealing in singles at the moment. They need to build a partnership.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 44/3 after 6 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: After not losing any wickets in the last match, India are 3 down in 5 overs. Riyan Parag comes to bat. Muzarabani starts with a vicious delivery to Sanju. He gets off the mark with a cheeky single.
Riyan gets off the mark soon. Then, Sanju pushes one for a couple.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 40/3 after 5 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Johnathan Campbell, after dropping Abhishek, now drops a catch from Shubman Gill. This time, however, it was quite tough. Ngarava continues to trouble the India skipper.
A number of shots by Gill go straight to the fielder. Next, he perishes. Ngarava gets rewarded for his exceptional bowling. Sikandar Raza makes no mistake in taking the catch.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 38/2 after 4 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: It’s the fourth bowling change in four overs by Sikandar Raza. Blessing Muzarabani is brought to the attack. One chance in the Square goes begging as Abhishek’s catch is dropped in the first ball. And, it goes for a FOUR!
Muzarabani, however, continues to bowl a tight line. He is rewarded for his efforts. Abhishek gets out after playing and missing a couple of balls.
Sanju Samson comes to bat. This is his chance to deliver a performance worthy of his reputation.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 33/1 after 3 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Faraz Akram comes to bowl. Abhishek welcomes him with a SIX! In the same over, Gill sends him for a FOUR! Akram was expensive in the last match as well. He follows it up with another FOUR! First a classic Cover Drive and then a Cut!
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 17/1 after 2 overs
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Shubman Gill faces the ball now. India have lost an early wicket after having an explosive start. Richard Ngarava starts with a widish ball. After 2 Dot Balls, Gill gets his first run.
More Dot Balls come. Abhishek takes a single to end the over.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: IND 15/1 after over
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Sikandar Raza starts the attack, and Jaiswal shows the mood of Indian batters by hitting him out of the park in the very first ball. It was a No Ball. In the Free Hit, Yashasvi sends it for another SIX! What a start by India!! 13 in 1 ball!!!
Raza pulls it down by bowling 2 consecutive Dot Balls. Then, He castles Jaiswal. India lose their first wicket!
Abhishek Sharma comes to bat and takes a couple of runs.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Ruturaj, Khaleel out; Riyan, Mukesh in
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza said they would bowl first because the wickets would improve later. He emphasised their motivation and skills to finish the series well. Tendai Chatara rests after four games, and Brandon Mavuta joins the team.
India’s captain Shubman Gill mentioned he would have chosen to bat first. He praised the spinners and pacers for their performance and appreciated the players’ commitment to playing consecutive matches. Mukesh Kumar and Riyan Parag return to the side in place of Khaleel Ahmed and Ruturaj Gaikwad, respectively.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ZIM win toss, to bowl first
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Zimbabwe have won the toss and decided to bowl first. This is the first time in the series that Indian captain Shubman Gill lost a toss.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Abhishek Sharma creates history
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: In the 4th match, Abhishek Sharma became the first Indian player to score a century and take a wicket in the same series in Men’s T20Is. In the 2nd match, Sharma hit a 100 off 46 balls. In the last match, he claimed his maiden international wicket.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Will Harshit Rana debut today?
India vs. Zimbabwe Live Score: Of the 15-member Indian squad, Harshit Rana is the only player yet to be included in the playing XI in Zimbabwe. The pacer, who played for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) that won IPL 2024, is waiting for his international debut.
With the series already sealed, will Shubman Gill give the Delhi boy a chance?
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: CSK cheer for Team India
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) cheered for the Indian team ahead of the 5th T20I match. “One final round to finish on high!” it wrote on social media.
Severan CSK boys, such as captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube and Tushar Deshpande, are on the national team in Zimbabwe.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Jay Shah praises Jaiswal, Gill
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: “What a way to clinch the T20I series! Top stuff from our young guns!” BCCI Secretary Jay Shah wrote on X (formerly Twitter) after India’s series victory.
Shah praised Jaiswal and Gill and called them “spectacular with the bat in the run chase”.
“Congratulations to the entire team and support staff on a fantastic series win,” he added.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Jaiswal on missing century
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: A fan reminded Jaiswal that he had missed the century in the 4th match and asked what he was discussing with Shubman Gill. The Indian opener said their entire focus was to win the match without losing any wickets.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Jaiswal and Abhishek to open?
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Indian fans demand Yashasvi Jaiswal and Abhishek Sharma, both known for their explosive batting, to open the batting for India in the 5th T20I match. If that happens, skipper Shubman Gill will have to go down the batting order.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Shubman Gill accused of being ‘selfish’
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Shubman Gill has been accused of being a selfish player and captain. In the 4th match, when Yashasvi Jaiswal was at 83 runs and India needed 23 more to win, Gill should have let Jaiswal take the strike, they alleged. Jaiswal could have scored his second T20I century, according to them.
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: ICC’s appreciation for Jaiswal-Gill
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: “Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are showing signs of a formidable opening combo for India in T20Is,” the ICC said in a social media post.