Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma sets up ۹۰-run win over Zimbabwe as India takes ۲-۰ lead in T۲۰ series.
Published On ۲۵ Jul ۲۰۲۶۲۵ Jul ۲۰۲۶
India inflicted another heavy defeat on Zimbabwe when they won the second Twenty۲۰ international at Harare Sports Club by ۹۰ runs to secure their three-match series.
Ishan Kishan scored ۸۱ and Tilak Varma an unbeaten ۶۰ as India amassed a formidable total of ۲۱۹-۵ after being put into bat before dismissing Zimbabwe cheaply for ۱۲۹ to secure the victory on Saturday.
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Kishan, whose runs came off ۴۴ balls, and Tilak, who took ۲۹ balls to get to ۶۰, accelerated the scoring in the middle overs, taking advantage of bowling that was often too full.
They put on ۹۴ off ۴۴ balls for the fourth wicket before Ishan was caught in the deep mistiming a slog at a wide delivery.
Zimbabwe faced a record run chase and, although opener Brian Bennett offered some early hope, they were always up against it and were dismissed in ۱۷.۵ overs.
Bennett played an array of strokes for ۳۲ runs off ۱۹ balls before falling to Yash Thakur, who finished with ۲-۳۰ on his T۲۰ international debut.
Once Bennett had been dismissed, there was a steady fall of wickets, with the slow left-arm bowling of Abhishek Sharma producing the best figures of ۳-۱۷.
India won the opening match of the three-game series at the Harare Sports Club by seven wickets with ۴۰ balls to spare.
The last clash is on Sunday.
