tt16497 itt3741 wctt364	India v Zimbabwe
	ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2025/26 (Super 8s Group 1)
Venue	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on 26th February 2026 (20-over match) (night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to field
Result	India won by 72 runs
Points	India 2; Zimbabwe 0
Umpires	RA Kettleborough (England), AG Wharf (England)
TV umpire	CM Brown (New Zealand)
Referee	RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	CB Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Player of the Match	HH Pandya
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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India innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+SV Samson	c Burl b Muzarabani	24	15	21	1	2	6	160.00
A Sharma	c Sikandar Raza b Maposa	55	30	65	4	4	8	183.33
IP Kishan	c Ngarava b Sikandar Raza	38	24	30	4	1	5	158.33
*SA Yadav	c Musekiwa b Ngarava	33	13	25	3	2	1	253.85
HH Pandya	not out	50	23	39	2	4	3	217.39
NT Tilak Varma	not out	44	16	26	3	4	3	275.00
SR Dubey	did not bat
AR Patel	did not bat
Arshdeep Singh	did not bat
VV Chakravarthy	did not bat
JJ Bumrah	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 7 w)	12
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 104 minutes, 20 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Samson, 3.4 ov), 2-120 (Kishan, 10.4 ov), 3-150 (Sharma, 12.5 ov), 4-172 (Yadav, 14.5 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Ngarava	4	0	62	1	1	-	5	4	5	24.00	15.50
Muzarabani	4	0	43	1	-	-	5	2	3	24.00	10.75
Maposa	2	0	40	1	3	1	2	5	2	12.00	20.00
Evans	4	0	52	0	2	-	7	3	4	-	13.00
Sikandar Raza	3	0	29	1	-	-	4	3	1	18.00	9.67
Bennett	2	0	16	0	-	-	1	-	1	-	8.00
Burl	1	0	10	0	1	-	2	-	1	-	10.00

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Zimbabwe innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
BJ Bennett	not out	97	59	95	8	6	21	164.41
+TR Marumani	c Kishan b Patel	20	20	32	-	2	12	100.00
DN Myers	c Tilak Varma b Chakravarthy	6	9	12	-	-	3	66.67
*Sikandar Raza	c Sharma b Arshdeep Singh	31	21	29	2	2	6	147.62
RP Burl	lbw b Arshdeep Singh	0	2	2	-	-	2	0.00
TT Munyonga	b Arshdeep Singh	11	6	8	2	-	2	183.33
T Musekiwa	c Samson b Dubey	7	4	7	-	1	2	175.00
BN Evans	not out	1	1	2	-	-	0	100.00
TT Maposa	did not bat
R Ngarava	did not bat
B Muzarabani	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 7 w)	11
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 95 minutes, 20 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-44 (Marumani, 6.2 ov), 2-72 (Myers, 9.3 ov), 3-144 (Sikandar Raza, 16.2 ov), 4-144 (Burl, 16.4 ov), 5-162 (Munyonga, 18.2 ov), 6-173 (Musekiwa, 19.3 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Arshdeep Singh	4	0	24	3	1	-	12	3	-	8.00	6.00
Pandya	3	0	21	0	-	-	8	1	1	-	7.00
Bumrah	3	0	21	0	-	-	8	2	1	-	7.00
Chakravarthy	4	0	35	1	-	-	9	1	3	24.00	8.75
Patel	4	0	35	1	2	-	7	2	2	24.00	8.75
Dubey	2	0	46	1	4	2	2	3	4	12.00	23.00

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Notes
--> India powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (80/1)
--> Zimbabwe powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (44/0)
--> India innings: 50 in 4.1 overs
--> India innings: 100 in 9.1 overs
--> India innings: 150 in 12.4 overs
--> India innings: 200 in 16.4 overs
--> India innings: 250 in 19.5 overs
--> Zimbabwe innings: 50 in 7.3 overs
--> Zimbabwe innings: 100 in 13.4 overs
--> Zimbabwe innings: 150 in 16.6 overs
--> T Musekiwa made his last appearance in International Twenty20 matches
--> T Musekiwa made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> TT Maposa made his last appearance in International Twenty20 matches
--> TT Maposa made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> R Ngarava made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> R Ngarava made his last appearance in International Twenty20 matches
--> A Sharma 50 in 26 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes
--> HH Pandya 50 in 23 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes
--> BJ Bennett 50 in 34 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes
--> BJ Bennett passed 2500 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 1
--> Sikandar Raza passed 3000 runs in International Twenty20 matches when he reached 15
--> Sikandar Raza passed 7000 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 7
--> TT Maposa made his debut in India in International Twenty20 matches
--> TT Maposa made his debut in India in Twenty20 matches
--> A Sharma (24) and IP Kishan (25) added 50 in 31 balls for the India 2nd wicket
--> HH Pandya (23) and NT Tilak Varma (28) added 50 in 20 balls for the India 5th wicket
--> BJ Bennett (29) and Sikandar Raza (19) added 50 in 31 balls for the Zimbabwe 3rd wicket

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Over 7.6: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - BJ Bennett (decision upheld)
Over 18.4: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - BJ Bennett (decision upheld)

 

 

 

 

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