India continue their dominance over Zimbabwe, 1st T20I, Zimbabwe Vs India- Statistical Review

India Continue their Dominance over Zimbabwe, 1st T20I, Zimbabwe Vs India- Statistical Review: In the first T20I of the 2-match series between Zimbabwe and India, India made a brilliant start by opting to bat first. The opening pair, in the likes of Ajinkya Rahane and Murali Vijay took the team to a blistering start. With some sensible batting display from the middle order, India managed to pose a target of 179 runs for Zimbabwe to chase. In reply, Zimbabweans made a thunderous start but failed to capitalize upon it. They were in pace with the required run rate but kept on losing wickets at constant intervals which made the path for victory quite much unattainable for them. India managed to win the match by a margin of 54 runs.

The Match in Numbers:

• Number of fours hit by Zimbabwe/India: 5/12
• Number of sixes hit by Zimbabwe/India: 6/3
• Number of wide deliveries bowled by Zimbabwe/India: 9/4
• Total number of dot deliveries bowled by Zimbabwe/India: 37/60
• Highest Run Scorer of the match: Robin Uthappa (39 runs off 35 deliveries with 2 fours)
• Highest wicket taker of the match: Axar Patel (4-0-17-3)
• Total number of Runs scored in the match: 402/12 in 40 overs

The other statistical facts:

• N Madziva conceded 46 runs in his 4 overs and this stands to be the 5^th most expensive spell by a Zimbabwean bowler in T20Is. Mpofu stands to be the most expensive when he conceded 59 runs in his 4 overs against South Africa.
• Zimbabwe conceded 25 extras in the innings and this stands to be the fourth highest by any team in T20Is. South Africa conceded 29 extras against West Indies in 2008 and this stands to be the highest.
• Harbhajan Singh took 2 wickets in the match and he has taken a total of 703 wickets in International Cricket.
• In his penultimate T20I game in September 2012, Harbhajan Singh had figures of 4-2-12-4.
• This was Rahane’s maiden match as the T20I skipper of India.
• This victory by a margin of 54 runs marked India’s 3^rd largest victory in international T20s. The largest victory came against England in September, 2012 when they won by 90 runs.
• India scored 178 runs today in their quota of 20 overs. This was India’s 10^th highest total in international T20s. Their highest came against England in 2007 when they scored 218 runs.
• Ajinkya Rahane scored a total of 33 runs today and thus he surpassed Yusuf Pathan to become the 8^th highest Run scorer for India in international T20s with 269 runs.
• With the help of 2 wickets, Harbhajan Singh became the third highest wicket taker for India with 24 wickets in 26 matches.
• Mohit Sharma bowled with an economy rate of 2.66 in the innings. He bowled 3 overs. This stands to be the 5^th most economical spell by an Indian bowler in international T20s.