India won their 3rd t20 against Zimbabwe on 10th July 2024 at Harare sports club and leveled up the series by 2-1 India is supposed to play a total of 5t20 in Zimbabwe as Shubhman Gill leading the side under the coaching guidance of VVS Laxman wherein senior players were rested and opportunity was given to a lot of young talents like Abhishekh Sharma, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Sai Sudarshan, Harshit Rana, Tushar Deshpande rising straight from a successful domestic season the Indian Premier League. All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy who also had a promising domestic season and the Indian Premier League missed out due to injury and was later replaced by Shivam Dube.
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India played a total of 230 T20 matches.
India played their first ever t20 match against South Africa in the year 2006 which resulted in India’s win and then went on to claim their first victory in the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup back in 2007 India is also now ranked first with the greatest number of t20i wins Pakistan ranks at number 2 with 142 victories in their name currently.
Change in the squad for the third t20 matches
There was a change in the squad for the third t20 batter Riyan Parag, Sai Sudarshan keeper batsmen Dhruv Jurel, bowler Mukesh Kumar were replaced with batter Yashasvi Jaiswal, keeper batsmen Sanju Samson, all-rounder Shivam Dube and bowler Khaleel Ahmed.
Match Summary
So in the third t20, India’s captain Shubman Gill had won the toss and decided to bat first against Zimbabwe there was a change in the batting order in the Indian side Abhishekh Sharma who was playing his second t20 International, scored a majestic century was made to bat at number 3 where he scored 10(9) with a single boundary.
The opening was done by Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubhman Gill where in Yashaswi scored 36(27) with 4 boundaries and 2 sixes and Gill scored 66(49) with 7 boundaries and 3 sixes, Rituraj Gaikwad who came at number 4 scored 49(28) with 4 boundaries and 3 sixes, Sanju Samson who came to bat at number 6 scored 12*(7) with 2 boundaries and Rinku Singh 1*(1) who came to bat at number 7.
The bowling department of team India Washington Sundar got the highest wicket he bowled 4 overs in which he conceded 15 runs took 3 wickets and was named as the man of the match.
Khaleel Ahmed also completed his spell and conceded 15 runs with a wicket and then Avesh Khan who also bowled his 4 overs conceded 39 runs and claimed 2 wickets in his name however the other bowlers like Ravi Bishnoi who bowled 4 overs conceded 37 runs and took a stunning catch to dismiss Brian Bennett, Abhishekh Sharma who bowled 2 over conceded 23 runs and Shivam Dube who bowled 2 overs and conceded 27 runs did not had a wicket in their name.
From the Zimbabwe side Dion Myers was the highest scorer who made 65*(49) including 7 boundaries and 1 six from the bowling side Captain Sikandar Raza who bowled 4 overs conceded 24 runs with 2 wickets and Blessing Muzarabani who also took 2 wickets in his 4 overs spell and conceded 25 runs and other bowlers Brian Bennett, Richard Ngarava, Tendai Chatara, Wellington Masakadza and Wesley Madhvere did not have any wicket in their name.
Team India’s squad for the last 3 t20 matches
Shubhman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishekh Sharma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande.
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