Match Details
Date: July 13, 2024
Time: 4:30 PM IST
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
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Preview
Zimbabwe will be competing against India in the fourth T20I of the five-match series at the Harare Sports Club in Harare. Following their famous win in the first T20I, Zimbabwe lost the next two matches without putting up a big fight against the Indian cricket team, to trail 1-2 in the series. For India, there is a very good chance of sealing the series in their favour in the upcoming match, to give more opportunities to their fringe players in the final T20I.
Pitch Report
The pitch at the Harare Sports Club in Harare has improved for batting in the last couple of T20I matches with the Indian cricket team posting over 180 on both occasions. Since India were able to defend both totals successfully, the average first innings score of 158 could prove to be quite competitive when Zimbabwe faces up against them in the upcoming fourth T20I.
Team Analysis
Zimbabwe
Although Zimbabwe were unable to chase down the 183-run target, Dion Myers stitched together a partnership of 77 runs with Clive Madande, completing his fifty shortly after. Earlier in the match, the Zimbabwe bowlers excluding Blessing Muzarabani and the captain Sikandar Raza were quite ineffective against the Indian batters, and their fielding was a major letdown as well.
Zimbabwe squad for T20I Series
Sikandar Raza (c), Faraz Akram, Brian Bennett, Johnathan Campbell, Tendai Chatara, Luke Jongwe, Innocent Kaia, Clive Madande, Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Brandon Mavuta, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Antum Naqvi, Richard Ngarava, Milton Shumba
India
Yashasvi Jaiswal played a very good knock at the top of the order in his first match of the T20I series after celebrating the T20 World Cup success back home, while the captain Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad were quite good with the bat, to help propel the Indian total beyond 180 runs. On the bowling side of things, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan gave the best possible start to the team, while Washington Sundar picked up a key three-wicket haul in the middle overs to put the breaks on the Zimbabwean rate of scoring.
India squad for T20I Series
Ꮪhubman Gill (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande (Sai Sudharsan, Jitesh Sharma, and Harshit Rana were part of first two T20Is)
Match Prediction
Conclusion
India are starting to play some dominant cricket against Zimbabwe, and it will take a monumental effort from the hosts to turn them over in the fourth match, to keep their hopes alive of winning the T20I series.
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