India 167 for 6 (Samson 58, Dube 26, Muzarabani 2-19) beat Zimbabwe 125 (Myers 34, Marumani 27, Akram 27, Mukesh 4-22, Dube 2-25) by 42 runs
India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I highlights: India sealed the series on July 14 after the Men in Blue, under Shubman Gill’s captaincy, defeated Zimbabwe by 42 runs in the 5th T20I match.
The southern African team, under Sikandar Raza’s leadership, won the first match but could not manage to win any other match.
On July 14, Yashasvi Jaiswal got out after getting a record-breaking start, with India getting 13 off 1 ball. Shubman Gill (13) and Abhishek Sharma (14) were out soon. India were 40/3 5 overs.
Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag held India’s innings and had a 65-run partnership. India scored 30 runs off the last 2 overs and reached 167/7 in 20 overs.
In reply, Zimbabwe lost the 1st wicket in the 3rd ball of the innings. Mukesh Kumar hit early. It lost another wicket soon and were at 15/2 in the 3rd over, thanks to Mukesh.
Then, they had a good partnership of 44 runs. After that, they took their team to 85/4 in the 13th over when Myers got out. They lost 3 more wickets while scoring just 9 more runs. That included Sikandar Raza’s run-out due to a mix-up.
Akram tried his best to keep the game alive. He scored 27 off 13 balls. The hosts eventually got all out for 125.
