India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score: Sikandar Raza wins toss, ZIM bowl first

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Bennett tries to slap the third ball of the third over the slips area and Dube is right there at deep backward point to take the catch. A smooth little innings but ultimately, too short for Zimbabwe’s liking.

Bennett c Dube b Mukesh Kumar 10 (8)

IND vs ZIM Live Score: Zimbabwe 15/2 in 2.3 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Bennett with a couple of wonderful shots to get back to back boundaries off the first two balls of the second over. He gets off strike third ball and then Marumani slaps the fifth past point for another four. He is on four off four, Bennett on 10 off five.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: What an over that is from Mukesh. Brian Bennett is the man who replaces Madhevere and he takes a single off the second last ball. Tushar Deshpande to bowl the second.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: Zimbabwe 2/1 in 1 over

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Just for a millisecond, Mukesh seems to have that the ball has missed the stumps after going off Madhevere’s inside edge but he stops his hands from going to his head and stretches them out wide to celebrate.

Madhevere b Mukesh Kumar 0 (3)

IND vfs ZIM Live Score: Zimbabwe 1/1 in 0.3 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Wesley Madhevere at the striker’s end, Tadiwanashe Marunani at the other end for Zimbabwe. Mukhesh Kumar to bowl the first over for India.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Rinku puts away a terrible delivery from Akram fifth ball for a six down the ground. Then a misfield at short fine-leg allows the last ball to run away to the boundary for four leg byes. Rinku unbeaten on 11 off nine, Dube, who was run out off the first ball of this over, scored 26 in 12. That has helped India smash 54 runs in the last five overs. It looked like India could fall for a below par score today but they have made up and how in the second half of their innings.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Two runs off the first two balls of the 19th over bowled by Ngarava. The fourth was a nice juicy half-volley outside off stump, Dube hits it to the extra cover boundary. Ngarava then bowls a full toss on off, Dube sends it over deep midwicket. He finishes with another stinker of a full toss, Dube hits to the fine leg boundary for a four.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Another great catch, Zimbabwe making up for their fielding lapses earlier in this game and yesterday. Muzarabani gets the biggest wicket of the day. Slow through the air for the third ball, Samson pulls but doesn’t connect well, Marmani runs in from deep midwicket and dives to finish the catch.

Samson c Marumani b Muzarabani 58 (45)

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 135/5 in 17.3 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Raza to finish off in the 17th over, Samson runs two off the first ball and that gets him to 50 in 39 balls. He has hit four boundaries, all of them sixes.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 124/4 in 16.1 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Oh that’s quite a catch. Zimbabwe have dropped many but this one is at the opposite end of that spectrum. Length ball from Mavuta second ball of the 15th, Parag tries to go big but can’t find a good connection. Ngavara runs in from long-off and takes a sharp catch.

Parag c Ngarava b Mavuta 22 (24)

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 105/4 in 14.2 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Six runs in the 13th by Faraz Akram, for once he manages to keep the runs down. And then Muzarabani returns and just four overs in the 14th over from him. Parag is on 22 off as many, Samson on 40 off 33.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 105/3 in 14 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Mavuta bowls a third consecutive over and Samson has probably clobbered him out of the attack now. His third ball is wide and then he gets it closer to the batter. But that means it is also in Samson’s arc and he smashes it down the ground and into the sky. Another ball lands on the roof. The next ball is slower and flighted wide outside off, Samson hits over covers for another six. Brings up the 50-run stand. Two runs off the last two balls and Samson is on 34 off 28, Parag on 18 off 15.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 95/3 in 12 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Well that’s Riyan Parag’s first six in international cricket overall. Brandon Mavuta bowls the 10th over, two runs off the first three balls, then Parag sends the fourth one nearly to the roof. Three runs off the next two balls and Parag is on 14 off 11, Samson on 19 off 20.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 75/3 in 10 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Raza returns for the ninth over, Samson tries to drive the first ball uppishly, drops just short of the backward point fielder. And then he comes down the track second ball and smashes Raza down the ground for his first six of the match. Two more runs in that over, Samson is on 17 off 17, Parag on six off eight.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 64/3 in 9 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Seven runs in the eighth over. Samson and Parag have been quiet thus far, which India won’t mind one bit. These two can pretty much flatten Zimbabwe if they manage to stay around until the 14th over. Samson on 10 off 13, Parag on five off six.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 56/3 in 8 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Kist four runs off the sixth over bowled by the brilliant Muzarabani. Samson is on three off five, Parag is on one off two. India in a spot of bother now.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 44/3 in 6 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Zimbabwe are dropping catches everywhere and taken three wickets, all within the first five overs. Gill was dropped by Campbell running in from deep third off the second ball of that over. He mistimes a pull shot last ball and it goes to Raza who does not drop at mid-on. India have lost three wickets in the powerplay and Riyan Parag now joins his Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson in the middle.

Gill c Sikandar Raza b Ngarava 13 (14)

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 40/3 in 5 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: He should have got this wicket off the second ball of the over but the point fielder dropped a regulation catch and the ball ran to the boundary as well. This time though, Abhishek edges and the wicketkeeper Madande makes no mistake.

Abhishek c Madande b Muzarabani 14 (11)

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 38/2 in 3.5 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Faraz Akram comes in for the third over, the keeper stands up and Akram bowls a friendly 115kph delivery, Abhishek sends that over cow corner for a six. He getsoff strike next ball and Gill sends a slot delivery with a drive through the off side for four. The fifth ball goes past backward point for another four and then a single. Gill and Abhishek both on 10 off seven, not the greatest of overs from Akram.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 33/1 in 3 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Richard Ngarava bowling the second over, Gill gets off strike off the third ball and Abhishek is pinned down next two balls. The batters run a quick single off the last.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: India 17/1 in 2 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Jaiswal hit a six off the first ball he faced, which was a no-ball, he hits the free hit delivery for a six as well, effectively getting India 13 runs off the first ball itself. Two dot balls and then Raza surprises Jaiswal a yorker on leg stump. Jaiswal doesn’t bring down the bat on time and his leg stump is gone. That was a pacer’s delivery from Raza.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Yashasvi Jaiswal facing up with Shubman Gill at the other end. Gill’s Zimbabwe counterpart Sikandar Raza bowling the first over.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Same pitch as yesterday. It remains a belter. If you give width, batters will take full toll. It looks quite hard, very few footmarks on display. 150 is not enough, 180 would make for a great game, reckon Abhinav Mukund and Tino Mawoyo.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Raza says that fast bowler Tendai Chatara has been rested considering Zimbabwe have a Test coming up against Ireland.

Zimbabwe XI: Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Faraz Akram, Clive Madande(w), Brandon Mavuta, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Shubman Gill says that Riyan Parag and Mukesh Kumar have been included in the squad today.

India XI: Shubman Gill(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Kumar

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Zimbabwe win toss, and Sikandar Raza chooses to bowl first

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: As stated earlier, Zimbabwe have made a good account of themselves in this series, except for their horrendous performance in the field yesterday. Captain Sikandar Raza said that the team will be looking to bow with their heads held high. “Even if we lose 3-2 then we can keep our head high,” he said.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Zimbabwe have been impressive throughout this series but they lost the plot in the field in the third T20I. Catches were dropped and misfields emerged everywhere as the hosts cowed under Jaiswal’s onslaught. ESPNCricinfo says that their mistakes in the field cost Zimbabwe 31 runs, and India won by just 23.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: The first time these two sides faced each other in a T20I was in 2010, with a young Indian team consisting of future stars, like the one in Zimbabwe right now, toured the country an ODI tri-series including Sri Lanka and a two-match T20I series. The youngster involved in this tour included Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Safe to say that they went on to have fairly succesfull careers. The first ODI between them was on June 11, 1983 as part of the World Cup India had won. That wasn’t the one that had Kapil Dev’s famous innings though. The first Test match between them was in October 1992, and India had to pretty much fight out a draw in that after Andy Flower’s century got Zimbabwe to a score of 456 batting first. Sadly, India haven’t faced Zimbabwe in the longest format since September 2005.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: With India still requiring 21 runs more to win, fans expected Gill, then in 48 off 34, to allow Jaiswal to complete his hundred. But the captain instead smashed a boundary and a six in the last six balls he faced to complete his fifty, thus denying his partner the milestone. There was significant anger towards Gill online for that but well, it didn’t really look Jaiswal minded it at all.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Whether Yashasvi Jaiswal’s approach can be traced back to Rohit Sharma’s desire for how India should bat after the 2022 T20 World Cup is debatable, considering the youngster has always taken an attack-oriented approach even in underage and domestic cricket. But it is very much a possibility that Jaiswal has continued on that path in international cricket, regardless of the format, due to the freedom that Rohit has given his players in the last couple of years. And it is not just Jaiswal who is advocating that. When he was part of the post-T20 World Cup celebrations in Mumbai, Abhishek Sharma stepped in and smacked a 46-ball hundred in what was only his second international innings.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Well there are a few big matches happening across sports today, to say the least. To the point that this one between India and Zimbabwe might just be the most inconsequential one. The Wimbledon men’s singles final between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic starts at 6.30pm IST. Spain take on England in the final of the 2024 Euros and that starts at 12.30am IST and then the Copa America final starts at 5.30am IST, with Argentina facing Colombia in what could be Lionel Messi’s last international game.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: There was just one thing that Jaiswal wanted to do during his innings in the 4th T20I – Smash. Earlier this year, he answered Bazball with Jazball in England’s five-match Test series in India, often making the visitors’ famously aggressive batters look like traditional blockers due to the sheer pace of his innings despite this being a format in which you are not supposed to be able to score like that. Then came a rather uneventful IPL and a T20 World Cup in which he was benched and so when he came out swinging on Saturday, it was quite clear that Jaiswal was itching to have a go.There was one instance on Saturday when Jaiswal shuffled across and fell down to the floor trying to scoop a slow delivery dug into the pitch from Blessing Muzarabani. He missed that one, but that moment typified his approach.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill made a joke out of the 153-run target that Zimbabwe had set for India in the fourth T20I. Jaiswal smashed 93 in 53 balls, hitting 13 fours and two sixes. Gill hit the same number of sixes but six fours and scored 58 in 39 balls.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Faraz Akram, Clive Madande(w), Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Brandon Mavuta, Innocent Kaia, Antum Naqvi

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill(c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson(w), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: India have already confirmed a series win and stand a chance at finishing it off by being on the right side of a 4-1 scoreline in it. Stay tuned for more updates!