Gill-led India lose to Zimbabwe

India (Shar)made changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Rohit, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, the Yadavs (Suryakumar and Kuldeep), Axar, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, and Jasprit Bumrah made way for three Twenty20 International debutants (Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel), Shubman Gill (who was leading the team, and chose to field on winning the toss), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, and Khaleel Ahmed.

Zimbabwe made half-a-dozen changes to their playing eleven – Craig Ervine, Regis Chakabva, Sean Williams, Tony Munyonga, Ryan Burl, and Richard Ngarava made way for Innocent Kaia, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Johnathan Campbell, Clive Madande, and Luke Jongwe.

The first Powerplay of Zimbabwe’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 40, and lost two wickets.

Kaia, who faced a ball, did not get off the mark. Mukesh had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the six-run stand.

Bennett, whose 15-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 22. Twenty-four balls later, Bishnoi broke the 34-run stand.

Zimbabwe scored 50 off 7.4 overs (46 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.

Wessly Madhevere, whose 22-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. Sixteen balls after Bennett’s dismissal, Bishnoi broke the 11-run stand.

Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwe’s skipper and the player of the match, scored 17 off 19 balls, which included a boundary and the only six of the innings. Twenty balls later, he was caught by Bishnoi. Avesh broke the 23-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Campbell, who faced a ball, did not open his account. The next ball, Sundar and Avesh ran him out.

Myers, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Sundar, who broke the 15-run stand.

Madande, whose 25-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 29. He was unbeaten.

The seventh-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Wellington Masakadza, who faced a ball, did not open his account. A ball after Myers’ dismissal, he was stumped by Jurel off the bowling of Sundar.

Ninety-one balls (15.1 overs) into the match, Zimbabwe sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Jongwe, the batsman, faced three balls, scoring a run. Using the umpires’ call, it was struck down by Zimbabwean umpire Iknow Chabi. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Bishnoi, who broke the one-run stand.

Ninety-two balls (15.2 overs) into the match, Zimbabwe sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Blessing Muzarabani was the batsman. It was upheld by Chabi.

The ninth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Muzarabani, who faced a couple of balls, did not open his account. A couple of balls later, he was dismissed by Bishnoi.

Zimbabwe scored 100 off 18.1 overs (109 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Tendai Chatara, who faced nine balls, did not get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

Zimbabwe scored 115 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Abhishek, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 17. He was wicketless, as was Khaleel, who bowled three overs, conceding 28.

Mukesh, who bowled three overs, conceded 16. He picked up a wicket, as did Avesh, who bowled four overs, conceding 29.

Sundar, who bowled four overs, conceded 11. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Bishnoi bowled four overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 13, picking up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 28, and four wickets.

India’s openers did not get off the mark. Abhishek, who faced four balls, did not open his account. Four dot balls into the chase, he was caught by Masakadza off the bowling of Bennett.

Gaikwad, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 17 balls later, he was caught by Kaia. Muzarabani broke the 15-run stand.

Parag, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Seven balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Brandon Mavuta. Chatara broke the run-a-ball stand.

The fourth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Rinku Singh, who faced a couple of balls, did not open his account. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Bennett off the bowling of Chatara.

Thirty-one balls (5.1 overs) into the chase, India sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Gill was the batsman. It was struck down by Chabi.

Thirty-seven balls (6.1 overs) into the chase, Zimbabwe sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Jurel was the batsman. It was struck down by Zimbabwean umpire Forster Mutizwa.

Jurel, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Madhevere. Jongwe broke the 21-run stand.

Gill, whose 29-ball innings included five boundaries, eventually scored 31. Three balls later, Raza broke the four-run stand.

India scored 50 off 10.4 overs (64 balls). Zimbabwe had conceded an extra at that point.

Seventy-seven balls (12.5 overs) into the chase, India sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Bishnoi, the batsman, scored nine off eight balls, which included a couple of boundaries. It was struck down by Mutizwa. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Raza, who broke the 14-run stand.

Avesh, whose 12-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 16. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Raza. Masakadza broke the 23-run stand.

Mukesh, who faced three balls, did not open his account. Raza had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the two-run stand.

India scored 100 off 18.5 overs (113 balls). Zimbabwe had conceded four extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Sundar, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 27. Seventeen balls after Mukesh’s dismissal, he was caught by Muzarabani. Chatara broke the 16-run stand.

Khaleel, who faced a ball, did not get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

India, who were bundled out for 102 off 19.5 overs, lost by 13 runs.

Bennett, whose only over was a maiden, picked up a wicket.

Masakadza, who bowled three overs, conceded 15. He picked up a wicket.

Jongwe and Muzarabani bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 28, the latter conceded 17.

Chatara bowled 3.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 16, picking up three wickets.

Raza, who bowled four overs, conceded 25. He picked up three scalps.

Zimbabwe led the five-match series 1-0.