Zimbabwe Stuns India with an Emphatic Victory against the Visitors, 2nd T20I, Zimbabwe Vs India - Statistical Review

Zimbabwe Stuns India with an Emphatic Victory against the Visitors, 2nd T20I, Zimbabwe Vs India – Statistical Review: After winning the first T20I quite comfortably, the Men in Blue had the intentions of clinching the series by winning the second T20I. As it happened, Zimbabwe opted to bat first and got off to a flier early on in their innings. But India managed to strike in breakthroughs and thereby succeeded in resisting the scoring rate of the Zimbabweans. Finally, they managed to put up a total of 145 runs on the board. In reply, Indians did not get the required start and they lost Rahane early on in the innings. The Zimbabweans managed to create significant amount of pressure upon the Indian batsmen and took consistent wickets which paid off for them and ultimately pulled off a sensational victory by a margin of 10 runs and squared the series.

The Match in Numbers:

• Number of fours hit by Zimbabwe/India: 13/14
• Number of Sixes hit by Zimbabwe/India: 1/1
• Number of wides bowled by Zimbabwe/India: 1/5
• Number of dot deliveries bowled by Zimbabwe/India: 46/48
• Highest Scorer of the Match: Chamu Chibhabha (67 runs off 51 deliveries with 9 fours)
• Highest wicket taker of the Match: Graeme Cremer (4-0-18-3)
• Total Runs Scored in the Match: 280/16 in 40 overs

The other statistical facts:

• India scored a total of 135/9 in the match in reply to Zimbabwe’s 145 runs. This happens to be India’s 6^th lowest total in international T20s. Their lowest came against Australia in 2008 when the team was bundled for 74.
• Bhuvaneshwar Kumar managed to pick 2 wickets in his 4 overs and he has now 13 International T20 wickets by his name and he is the 9^th leading wicket taker for India in international T20s.
• Robin Uthappa scored a blistering knock of 42 runs today and he averages 24.90 in international T20s which stands to be the 11^th highest by Indian team.
• Manish Pandey scored a duck in today’s match and he becomes the 19^th batsman for India to score a duck in International T20s.
• After conceding a total of 26 runs in his 4 overs, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar has an economy rate of 6.17 in international T20s.
• Axar Patel took 4 wickets in the series and he stood as the highest wicket taker for India in the series.
• Sanju Samson made his debut in International T20s for India in this match.
• ChamuChibhabha scored a total of 90 runs in the series and he stood to be the highest run scorer of the series.
• Chris Mpofu took 4 wickets in the series and stood to be the leading wicket taker for Zimbabwe in the series.
• Robin Uthappa took a single catch in the innings and he became the fourth Indian wicket keeper to take a catch in international T20s.