IND vs ZIM Highlights, 2nd T20I: India thrash Zimbabwe by 90 runs to win series at Harare; first under Shreyas Iyer

IND vs ZIM Highlights, 2nd T20I: Chasing 220 to win, the hosts were bowled out for 129 at the Harare Sports Club. India lead the three-game series 2-0 now.

IND vs ZIM Highlights, 2nd T20I: Fantastic win for the Indian team. Yash Thakur took two wickets on debut. (AP)

IND vs ZIM Highlights, 2nd T20I: Finally first series win under Shreyas Iyer. Chasing 220 to win, Zimbabwe lost steam early on and never recovered after that. They were bowled out for 129 in 17.5 overs. Brian Bennett top-scored for them with 32. Abhishek Sharma takes three wickets for the visitors. Yash Thakur impresses on debut with two wickets. Prince Yadav also takes two but he had to leave the field hamstrung. The third and final game of the series will be played tomorrow at the same time. Ishan Kishan has been chosen Man of the Match for his 81 off 44 balls and two catches. There could have been a runout from him too but he was too casual behind the wicket. Tilak Varma also played a nice innings of 60 not out. That's it from us. See you tomorrow for the third game....Read More

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• 25 Jul 2026, 08:07:02 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM Highlights, 2nd T20I: India claim the series, first under Iyer

  IND vs ZIM Highlights, 2nd T20I: First under new captain Shreyas Iyer. The hosts were never in this contest. If truth be told, they lost it inside the powerplay. Despite a comprehensive win, India wouldn't be too happy over the injury of Prince Yadav. The final of the series will be played tomorrow here at the same time. Frankly, very timid performance from Sikandar Raza's men. The Indians came into this series on the back of defeats in Ireland and England and Raza's men had a great opportunity to add insult to injury. But they disappointed their fans big time.

  Chasing 220 to win, they were bowled out for 129 in 17.5 overs with Abhishek Sharma (3/17) being the pick of the bowlers for the visitors. Yash Thakur took two wickets on debut. Prince was another who took two wickets.

• 25 Jul 2026, 07:48:35 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Ishan Kishan's blooper

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: All he had to do was just hit the stumps from real close but he is casual and misses the target. Batsman breathing a sigh of relief. Zimbabwe 118/7 after 15 overs.

  Abhishek bowls Nyamhuri for 3 off the second ball of the next over. Eighth wicket down for the hosts. A caught and bowled chance goes down off the next ball. Richard Ngarava survives.

• 25 Jul 2026, 07:38:32 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Need 121 runs off 42 balls

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: IMPOSSIBLE! Now Abhishek Sharma comes on to bowl and Evans dispatches him for a six. But Abhishek then avenges himself on the batter and bowls him down leg. Zimbabwe 105/7 in 13.3 overs. From the sublime to the ridiculous, one has to say that about Evans.

• 25 Jul 2026, 07:33:11 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Tilak takes a wicket too

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Ryan Burl is gone for 20. Finds Rinku Singh at long-on off the second ball of the Tilak Varma over. Zimbabwe 90/6 after 12 overs. Brad Evans joins Marumani at the crease and picks up a six via a slog sweep in the same over. But the match is over, really

• 25 Jul 2026, 07:26:55 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Zimbabwe 81/5 after 11 overs

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: They are totally out of this chase. Marumani and Burl are scoffing balls and the required run rate is really creeping up. They need 139 runs in 9 overs.

• 25 Jul 2026, 07:13:30 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Madhevere gone too

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: It's Shivam Dube now among the wickets. The batsman goes for 2. Miscued shot into the hands of Shreyas Iyer. Zimbabwe have lost half their side now. It's all over bar the shouting. Marumani joins Burl at the crease. Zimbabwe 67/5 after 9 over

• 25 Jul 2026, 07:04:26 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Prince hamstrung

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Has Sikandar Raza caught behind and then walks back to the dugout after hurting his hamstring. One really hopes it's not too serious. Shivam Dube to bowl the remaining four balls in the over. And he gives away two fours, one was a misfield from Abhishek Sharma. Zimbabwe 59/4 after seven overs.

• 25 Jul 2026, 06:53:04 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Prince takes wicket off his first ball

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Down the throat of the fine leg. Ben Curran also departs. He made just one and played five balls. India are back into the contest with these two wickets. Myers and Burl are at the crease. Zimbabwe 44/2 after five overs.

• 25 Jul 2026, 06:45:32 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Bennett on fire

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: One more scoop, one more six. Off Yash Thakur this time around. He follows it up with a four off the next ball. Brian Bennett is well and truly on fire today.

  Wait, just as we wrote that he goes for another daring shot but this time finds Ishan Kishan who takes a simple skier. First wicket for Thakur in his first match. Zimbabwe 34/1 after four overs. Bennett scored 32 off just 19 balls

• 25 Jul 2026, 06:44:51 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: One more six off Mayank

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Bennett again, scoops the Indian pacer over the keeper for a six. Audacious, to say the least but Mayank Yadav does well in the rest of the over. In all just seven runs. Zimbabwe 23/0 after three overs.

• 25 Jul 2026, 06:34:11 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Six and a four for Bennett

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: In the first over bowled by Mayank Yadav. In the second over bowled by debutant Yash Thakur, Tilak Varma dropped a travelling shot off the bat of Bennett who also picked up those big shots against Mayank. Six runs off the first over ever bowled by Thakur in international cricket. Zimbabwe 16/0 after 2 overs.

• 25 Jul 2026, 06:15:07 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Massive total

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: 219/5. It's now India's game to lose. Hats off to Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma for playing blinders. Captain Shreyas Iyer also played an important innings of 25. Can the hosts now chase this down? Remember, if India win today, they take the first series under Iyer.

• 25 Jul 2026, 05:58:32 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Two sixes in 19th over

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Ishan Kishan departs for 81 off 44 balls. Nyamhuri accounted for him. Rinku Singh is the new batter. One feels a little bad for him. At this number, he is not going to get many balls.

  Meanwhile, Tilak Varma hits a fantastic six over long-off off the bowling of Muzarabani. Today he has played like a vice captain. Rinku also gets in on the act and picks up a six over fine leg. India 210/4 after 19 overs.

• 25 Jul 2026, 05:49:01 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Ngarava steps out

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: In the 17th over. And Tilak Varma makes the most of the free-hit. A massive six over midwicket. It travels 84m. A four off the fourth ball, off the bat of Ishan Kishan this time. Hits it straight back and beats the long-on fielder. India 188/3 after 17 overs. Fifty for Tilak off the last ball.

• 25 Jul 2026, 05:40:57 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Kishan attacks Raza

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Two fours and a six. Raza has been really expensive today. Finishes with figures of 0/47. Fielding has been terrible from the hosts today as Tilak Varma also picks up a boundary off the last b. India 158/3 after 15 overs. Three fours and a six off this Raza over.

• 25 Jul 2026, 05:29:19 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: 50 for Kishan

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: His 12th in T20Is. Plays a nice shot off Evans on the offside for a single. It comes off just 31 balls. He has really looked terrific today. It's been a chanceless innings but India need him to bat longer. Off the last ball of the over, Kishan celebrates his fifty with a big six over midwicket. India 121/3 after 13 overs.

• 25 Jul 2026, 05:19:40 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Iyer out against the run of play

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Really soft dismissal. After picking up three fours off Bennett, Iyer falls for 25 off the last ball of the over. India 95/3 after 10 overs. Simple catch for Evans at backward point. Iyer would be very disappointed with himself. It was a big innings for the taking today. He was looking so good before playing that rash shot.

• 25 Jul 2026, 05:10:28 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: 50-run stand comes up

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: That happens with a wide in the ninth over. Nyamhuri is the bowler. India 80/2 after 9 overs. Kishan 31, Iyer 19. The 50-run stand comes off just 35 balls. Really, it's been a chanceless partnership. At this rate, India should get a good total at the end of their innings.

• 25 Jul 2026, 04:59:56 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Kishan and Iyer look good

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Both have played some nice shots after Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fall cheaply. India need a good partnership and on the evidence of their strokeplay so far, they should score big today. India 61/2 after seven overs

• 25 Jul 2026, 04:47:48 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: India 29/2 after 3 overs

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi got impatient again. He had already hit two fours and a six in the third over but he wanted more and that did for him. Richard Ngarava accounted for him with a short-pitched delivery. The teenager departs after scoring 20 off nine balls.

• 25 Jul 2026, 04:37:08 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Abhishek falls cheaply

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Two fours in the first over bowled by Sikandar Raza. Both were lofted shots on the offside. India 9/0 after the first over. Just when we wrote that, Abhishek Sharma has given an easy catch to backward point. He departs for 8. Just one run in the second over bowled by Blessing Muzarabani. India 10/1 after 2 overs

• 25 Jul 2026, 04:22:26 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: The Playing XIs

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I:

  India: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Mayank Yadav

  Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Ben Curran, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Ryan Burl, Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani(w), Brad Evans, Newman Nyamhuri, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani

• 25 Jul 2026, 04:12:14 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Iyer denied a piece of history!

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Wally Hammond of England won his first eight tosses as catpain. Shreyas Iyer would have gone past him had he won today but that wasn't to be as Sikandar Raza won the toss and decided to have a bowl at Harare. As mentioned before, India make once change to their playing XI. Yash Thakur makes his debut as Ashok Sharma makes way for him.

• 25 Jul 2026, 03:46:50 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: High hopes from Thakur

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: This is what the Punjab Kings pacer said earlier, “I have progressed step by step, from Under-19 cricket, through the Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy, IPL, India A, and now into the Indian team. Each level brought its own challenges, and I worked hard to clear every hurdle. Climbing every single step makes me feel very happy. I can't quite express the feeling right now, because playing for the country is everyone's dream when they start playing cricket. To finally be here, wearing the India jersey, feels like all the hard work has paid off.”

• 25 Jul 2026, 03:43:28 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Yash Thakur makes his debut

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: After 32 first class, 57 List A and 74 T20 games, the Vidarbha fast bowler is going to make his international debut today. He has received his India cap which means only one thing that he is going to play today. Recently, he served India A very well.

• 25 Jul 2026, 03:33:14 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Say what you will, defeats in Ireland and England still hurt

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Even if India win the series today, at the end of the day it's against Zimbabwe. Fans are still hurting from the defeats in England and Ireland. The only way to help alleviate the pain is do something out of the ordinary. Like bat first and score 300. That can dispel the gloom to some extent.

• 25 Jul 2026, 03:15:37 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Where to watch this game?

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: If you don't know yet, we are here to help you. Live broadcast of the match is available on Unite8 Sports. FanCode is the digital platform where you can watch the game. The toss will happen at 4 pm (IST) and the contest starts half an hour later. Hope this suffices.

• 25 Jul 2026, 02:58:28 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Can Iyer make it nine in a row?

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Can you believe it? That Shreyas Iyer has not lost a single toss since being appointed captain in June. In eight matches so far, the coin has favoured him. It's another story that he has won just one game. By the way, it's an Indian record. Among full members, Daren Sammy of the West Indies won 10 in a row. Salman Agha of Pakistan is second at 9.

• 25 Jul 2026, 02:52:25 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: India should bat first today

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: It's been a while since we have seen a really big score from the Indian team. In the 2026 T20 World Cup, India had scored 256 against Zimbabwe. Maybe today they should try doing it again. A score of 250 or more. In England and Ireland, they struggled big time. Fans seem to have forgotten what they are capable of doing.

• 25 Jul 2026, 02:31:25 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Sooryavanshi should look for another top-notch innings

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: The teenage star finally came good after disappointment in England. He scored just 18 balls to score his maiden international fifty. But he should not get complacent. International cricket is hard. There is no scope for overconfidence. If he stays grounded and applies himself like he did in the first game, he can impact another game in a big way.

• 25 Jul 2026, 02:27:04 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Can Indian bowlers shine again?

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: In England and Ireland, the Indian bowlers didn't do great and that was the main reason whey they lost six T20I games and won none. Mayank Yadav was the most impressive on Thursday. He got a lot of bounce from the pitch and troubled the Zimbabwean batsmen not a little. If truth be told, the hosts' batsmen didn't show any application either early on and paid a huge price. If Indian bowlers bowl well again, rest assured, it's going to be a no-contest.

• 25 Jul 2026, 02:22:22 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: India should field the same team

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: The following featured in the first game: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Ashok Sharma and Mayank Yadav.

• 25 Jul 2026, 02:20:29 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Raza was unhappy with the pitch

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: “Again, not up to the standard, I think. In the morning, the moisture certainly played a part, but I didn’t think it was going to play a part for that long. I thought it remained tough with the new ball. Unfortunately, we didn’t hit many boundaries up front as well, so the ball stayed new, and because of that, I felt the movement off the deck made batting even tougher,” Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza said after a seven-wicket loss on Thursday.

• 25 Jul 2026, 12:54:43 PM IST

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Hello and welcome!

  IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: To our coverage of the second T20I between India and Zimbabwe. Leading 1-0, Shreyas Iyer's men look to win this game and seal the series, first under the new captain. Stay tuned for more updates.