India beat Zimbabwe by 72 runs in the Super 8 clash at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday. The win kept India alive for the semi-final race, as they need to face the West Indies in the final game of the Super 8 stages, on Sunday at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
After this hefty win, India needs just one match to win against the West Indies in their final Super 8 fixture to qualify for the semi-final. After the West Indies lost today against South Africa. Both India are West Indies are on the same points after one win and one loss. It is going to be a virtual quarter-final for both nations.
India will hope that South Africa wins their last game against Zimbabwe and they qualify as the first team from Group 1. However, the result of that game will not affect India much, as they have a run rate lower than the Proteas. So even if the Proteas loses they will not go down to second place.
Coming to the match, India were invited to bat first, and they smashed the Zimbabwe bowlers all over the park, scoring 256/4 in their 20 overs, and bringing up the highest T20 World Cup total for this edition and the second highest in T20 World Cup history.
Abhishek Sharma is finally got back to form
Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma laid the foundation of the total the side posted. India made two changes in the form of Samson and Axar Patel. Samson scored 24 off 15 and gave a good start for the Men in Blue as they scored 48 for the first wicket, which was also the highest opening score for India in this edition of the T20 World Cup.
Abhishek also scored his first fifty in this competition and might have just picked up the form ahead of the important clash against the Windies. He scored 55 off 30 balls. Ishan Kishan and skipper Suryakumar Yadav played crucial knocks towards the middle overs as they did not let the run rate fall. The former scored 38 off 24, and SKY played a knock of 33 off 14.
Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma gave India the finish they needed to have. The two scored 55 off the last three overs of the game. Hardik scored 50 off 23 balls, and Tilak, who was struggling to get runs fast in the edition, struck at 275.00, scoring 44 off 16 as they posted a target of 257.
Zimbabwe never looked to chase such a big total
Zimbabwe looked decent while coming out to chase, but they did not have the firepower to chase such a massive target. They kept striking at a good pace, but in the end failed to chase. They are now out of the semi-final race after two back to back loss.
Brian Bennett, what a tournament he has been having, as he scored his career high score of 97 off 59 balls, smacking eight fours and six sixes. The opener remained unbeaten till the end of the innings. Arshdeep Singh was the standout performer in bowling, picking 3/24 as they scored 184/6.
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