Match Details
Date: July 14, 2024
Time: 4:30 PM IST
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
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Preview
Zimbabwe will go up against India in the fifth and final T20I of the five-match series at the Harare Sports Club in Harare. Following their win in the series opener, Zimbabwe succumbed to the might of the Indian cricket team, losing the next three matches in a comprehensive manner. With the unassailable 3-1 lead in the T20I series, India will be looking to bring a few more youngsters into the playing XI, while Zimbabwe will be playing for pride more than anything else.
Toss Prediction
In their last four T20I matches in the series, Shubman Gill, the captain of India, has won all the tosses, which is why he is more likely to get it right once again in comparison to his Zimbabwean counterpart Sikandar Raza in the fifth and the final T20I.
Win Possibility
The Zimbabwean batting performances have improved in the last couple of T20Is in the series with the likes of Wessly Madhevere, the captain Sikandar Raza, Dion Myers, and Clive Madande scoring the bulk of the runs. On the bowling side of things, Zimbabwe have gone the opposite way, failing to pick up wickets regularly and keep a lid on the scoring rate.
For India, the captain Shubman Gill scored back-to-back fifties in the last two T20Is, while his new opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal has set the stage alight with his blitz-hitting. The wickets have been shared among all the bowlers for India in the series with the likes of Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, and Washington Sundar stepping up to the plate more often than not.
With that, India will be fancying their chances of winning their fourth consecutive T20I, to go home with a 4-1 series win margin over Zimbabwe.
Predicted powerplay score and first innings score
The pitches at the Harare Sports Club in Harare have been very good for batting in the last three T20I matches of the series, allowing the batters to hit the ball on the up and score a lot of runs. With that, any total under 175 will be quite difficult to defend in the second innings for either Zimbabwe or India, especially on a fast outfield. Notably, the average first innings score is 158 at this venue in T20Is, while the first innings score in the upcoming match could range between 180-190. The powerplay score could go up to 50-55.
Match Odds
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