The match was attended by 82, 507 people.
India made one
change to their playing eleven – Dinesh Karthik made way for Rishabh Pant.
Zimbabwe Ma(sakadza)de
ten Ch(ibhabh)anges to the eleven that last played the Indians – Chamu,
Hamilton, Vusi Sibanda, Peter Moor, Malcolm Waller, Elton Chigumbura, Timycen
Maruma, Graeme Cremer, Neville Madziva, and Donald Tiripano Mad(hever)e way for
Wessly, Craig Ervine, Regis Chakabva, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Tony
Munyonga, Ryan Burl, Richard Ngarava, Wellington Masakadza, and Blessing
Muzarabani.
On winning the
toss, Rohit Sharma, India’s skipper, chose to bat.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 46,
and lost a wicket.
Rohit, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries, scored 15. Twenty-three balls into the match, he was caught by
Wellington. Muzarabani broke the 27-run stand.
India scored 50 off 6.2 overs (38 balls). Zimbabwe had
conceded an extra at that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While Lokesh
Rahul’s contribution to the partnership was 29, Virat Kohli’s contribution to
it was 22. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.
Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken.
India had scored 79, and lost a wicket at that point. While Rahul was batting
on 41, Kohli was batting on 22.
Kohli, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries, eventually scored 26. Forty-eight balls after Rohit’s dismissal, he
was caught by Burl. Williams broke the 60-run partnership.
Rahul’s half-century – which included three boundaries
and as many sixes – came off 34 balls.
He eventually scored 51 off 35 balls. Three balls
after Kohli’s dismissal, he was caught by Wellington. Raza broke the eight-run
stand.
India scored 100 off 13.2 overs (80 balls). Zimbabwe had
conceded an extra at that point.
Pant, who faced five balls, scored three. Seven balls
after Rahul’s dismissal, he was caught by Burl. Williams broke the six-run
stand.
India scored 150 off 18 overs (108 balls). Zimbabwe had
conceded nine extras at that point.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While the
contribution of Suryakumar Yadav, the player of the match, to the partnership
was 33, Hardik Pandya’s contribution to it was 11. Extras’ contribution to the
partnership gave Zimbabwe no reason to be in seventh heaven.
Hardik, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries, scored 18. Thirty-five balls after Pant’s dismissal, he was caught
by Muzarabani. Ngarava broke the 65-run partnership.
Suryakumar’s half-century – which included five boundaries
and three sixes – came off 23 balls.
He eventually scored 61 off 25 balls, which included
half-a-dozen boundaries and four sixes, and was unbeaten, as was Axar Patel,
who didn’t face a ball.
Zimbabwe eventually conceded a dozen extras. India
scored 186 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.
Burl, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 14.
Wellington, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs,
conceded a dozen.
Tendai Chatara, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded
34.
Raza, who bowled three overs, conceded 18. He picked
up a wicket, as did Muzarabani and Ngarava, who bowled four overs apiece. While
the former conceded 50, the latter, whose spell including a maiden, conceded
44.
Williams, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded nine.
He picked up a couple of scalps.
The first Powerplay of Zimbabwe’s innings – which was
the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored
28, and lost three wickets.
Zimbabwe’s openers didn’t get off the (Ku)mark. Madhevere,
who faced a ball, did not open his account. A ball into the chase, he was
caught by Kohli off the bowling of Bhuvneshwar.
Three balls into the chase, India sought a bowling
review. Chakabva was the batsman. It was struck down by English umpire Richard
Kettleborough.
Chakabva, who faced half-a-dozen balls, didn’t get off
the mark. Nine balls after Madhevere’s dismissal, Arshdeep Singh broke the
two-run stand.
Williams, whose 18-ball innings included a six, scored
11. Twenty-six balls later, he was caught by Bhuvneshwar. Mohammed Shami broke
the run-a-ball stand.
Craig Ervine, Zimbabwe’s skipper, scored 13 off 15 balls,
which included a couple of boundaries. Four balls later, he was caught by
Hardik, who broke the three-run stand.
Forty-six balls (7.3 overs) into the chase, Zimbabwe sought
a batting review. Munyonga, the batsman, scored five. His innings included a
boundary. It was struck down by Australian umpire Rod Tucker. He was trapped
leg be‘four’ wicket by Shami, who broke the five-run stand.
Fifty-two balls (8.3) into the chase, India sought a
bowling review. Burl was the batsman. It was struck down by Kettleborough.
Zimbabwe scored 50 off 9.3 overs (58 balls). The
number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in
seventh heaven.
Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken.
Zimbabwe had scored 59, and lost five wickets at that point. While Raza had scored
nine, Burl was batting on 14.
The sixth-wicket pair put on 50 off 31 balls. While Raza’s
contribution to the partnership was 21, Burl’s contribution to it was 27.
Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.
Burl, whose 22-ball innings included five boundaries
and a six, eventually scored 35. Thirty-five balls after Munyonga’s dismissal,
he was caught by Ravichandran Ashwin, who broke the 60-run partnership.
Zimbabwe scored 100 off 14.3 overs (88 balls). India had
conceded nine extras at that point.
Wellington had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored
just a run. Eleven balls after Burl’s dismissal, he was caught by Rohit. Ashwin
broke the eight-run stand.
Ngarava, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run.
Four balls later, Ashwin broke the two-run stand.
Raza, whose 24-ball innings included three boundaries,
eventually scored 34. Five balls later, he was caught by Suryakumar. Hardik
broke the run-a-ball stand.
Chatara, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs
came by way of a boundary. Four balls later, he was caught by Axar, who broke
the run-a-ball stand.
Muzarabani, who faced a couple of balls, failed to get
off the mark. He was unbeaten.
India eventually conceded 11 extras. Zimbabwe, who were
bundled out for 115 off 17.2 overs, lost by 71 runs.
Arshdeep, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded nine.
He picked up a wicket.
Bhuvneshwar bowled three overs, including a maiden. He
conceded 11, picking up a wicket.
Axar, who bowled 3.2 overs, conceded 40. He picked up
a wicket.
Shami, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 14. He
picked up a couple of wickets, as did Hardik, who bowled three overs, conceding
16.
Ashwin, who bowled four overs, conceded 22. He picked
up three scalps.
India topped Group 2, and advanced to the semi-finals.
