IND vs ZIM Highlights, 3rd T20I: India whitewash Zimbabwe 3-0 after Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 81
IND vs ZIM Highlights, 3rd T20I: After disappointments in Ireland and England, India finally win a series as they beat Zimbabwe by 35 runs. However, they dropped four catches today at the Harare Sports Club.
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Fantastic win. Zimbabwe go as far as 157/7 in their chase as India win by 35 runs to take the series 3-0. Mayank Yadav was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets. Yash Thakur was the unfortunate one as multiple catches were dropped off his bowling. The most impactful performance however came from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi who thumped 81 off 49 balls on a difficult wicket. Thanks largely to his effort, India could put 192/5 on the board. Should be Man of the Match today. India will now be next in action in a Test match, against Sri Lanka, starting August 15 at Galle. Three weeks from now. Stay tuned. We will soon let you know who is MoM and MoS. ...Read More
Your wait is over. It's Vaibhav Sooryavanshi winning both prizes, which doesn't come as a surprise. He had hit a fifty in the first game as well. That's it from us for today.
Zimbabwe need 71 in last five overs to win this game. It's possible for sure. However, it is going to take some doing. Not a friendly wicket for batting. But then anything can happen in cricket. India have been pathetic in the field today. Have dropped three catches so far. All of them have been simple ones.
India in the driver's seat at the end of the powerplay. Zimbabwe 53/3. Wickets for Yash Thakur off back-to-back balls. Off the first ball of the innings, Mayank Yadav again removed Brian Bennett. He had done the same in the first game. Thakur accounted for Dion Myers and Sikandar Raza. Ravi Bishnoi bowls the last over of the powerplay and concedes 13 runs. India on course for a 3-0 whitewash after disappointment in Ireland and England.
India finish on 192/5. A very good score on this tricky pitch. The boundaries are also quite big. Rinku Singh played a nice cameo towards the end, 25 off just 14 balls. He fell off the last ball of the innings. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is the top-scorer with 81 off 49 balls. Brad Evans took two wickets and also took a fantastic catch off the bat of Sooryavanshi.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 81 off 49 balls. It was a complete innings in many ways. He mixed caution with aggression really well. Today he put one in mind of the dangerous Chris Gayle. Calm and destructive at once. India look good for a 200 plus total. Tilak Varma has joined Shreyas Iyer at the crease.
India 64/1 at the end of the powerplay. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has looked awesome so far. Abhishek Sharma, however, fell for just two, off the bowling of Blessing Muzarabani in the second over. Sooryavanshi has hit some attractive shots. He is unbeaten on 35, Ishan Kishan unbeaten on 15.
Ladies and gentlemen, wicketkeeper batsman Prabhsimran Singh again misses out. The two changes for India today are: Ashok Sharma in for Prince Yadav; Suryansh Shedge in for Shivam Dube as Shreyas Iyer wins his 9th toss in his first 10 games as captain and decides to have a bat at the Harare Sports Club. One change for Zimbabwe too. Richard Ngarava is out injured and Wellington Masakadza takes his place.
The Playing XIs: India: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 3 Ishan Kishan (wk), 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Suryansh Shedge, 8 Ravi Bishnoi, 9 Ashok Sharma, 10 Yash Thakur, 11 Mayank Yadav
Zimbabwe: 1 Brian Bennett, 2 Ben Curran, 3 Dion Myers, 4 Ryan Burl, 5 Sikandar Raza (capt), 6 Wessly Madhevere, 7 Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), 8 Brad Evans, 9 Newman Nyamhuri, 10 Wellington Masakadza, 11 Blessing Muzarabani
India look to win the 3rd and final T20I to whitewash Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club later today.
This is the second time in as many days that India are in action. In the second game on Saturday, India posted 219/5. In their response, Zimbabwe floundered big time and lost the contest by 90 runs.
In the previous two games, India handed debuts to fast bowlers Ashok Sharma and Yash Thakur, and today it could be Prabhsimran Singh’s turn to make his international debut. By the way, Prince Yadav is unlikely to play the third game on account of picking up a hamstring injury in the previous game. He had to leave the field in the middle of his spell.
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- Jul 26, 2026 08:15 pm IST
IND vs ZIM Highlights, 3rd T20I: India win by 35 runs
IND vs ZIM Highlights, 3rd T20I: Zimbabwe finish on 157/7 in chase of India's 192/5. Ryan Burl scores an unbeaten fifty but it was a bit slow. Mayank Yadav and Yash Thakur pick up three and two wickets respectively. Ravi Bishnoi and Ashok Sharma take one wicket each. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is the architect of this win. His 81 runs off 49 balls prove to be decisive in the context of the game. Rinku Singh played a nice cameo towards the end of 25 off 14 balls. However, let's not forget that the visitors dropped four catches today, all of them easy ones. This is something they need to work on. India's next game now will be a Test match against Sri Lanka, starting August 15 at Galle.
- Jul 26, 2026 08:01 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Fourth dropped catch
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Substitute Harsh Dubey is the culprit this time, at short midwicket. Third catch dropped off the bowling of Yash Thakur today. And then Evans hits him for a six on the legside. Insult to injury. In the meantime, Ryan Burl racks up a fifty off 42 balls. A bit slow for the occasion. Zimbabwe need 43 to win in the last over. Not possible.
- Jul 26, 2026 07:54 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: 59 needed in three overs
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Zimbabwe 134/5 after 17 overs. It's an impossible equation. Mayank Yadav removed Madhevere in the previous over. Ashok Sharma comes back to bowl and cleans up Marumani for 1. The stump goes cartwheeling. His first wicket of the game. Ishan Kishan had dropped a catch earlier off his bowling.
Zimbabwe 137/6 after 18. The equation is even worse now. 56 in two overs
- Jul 26, 2026 07:42 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Tilak drops a catch!
Now Tilak Varma drops a catch. At covers off the bat of Madhevere. Yash Thakur is disappointed. Second dropped catch off his bowling today. And Madhevere punishes the visitors with a huge six on the legside three deliveries later. And a four off an edge behind the wicket. Zimbabwe 122/4 after 15 overs.
- Jul 26, 2026 07:37 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Abhishek concedes a six and a four
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: 12 runs off his over, the 13th of the innings. Madhevere picks up a six, Burl picks up a four. Ravi Bishnoi to bowl the next. And he has done very well. Just three runs in the over. Zimbabwe 107/4 after 14 overs.
- Jul 26, 2026 07:26 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Madhevere getting some treatment
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Some calves issues after completing a three in the 12th over by Suryansh Shedge. The physio is working on him. Finally he is back on his feet. India's fielding has been really poor today. They have already dropped two simple catches. Ground fielding has been pathetic too. Not the kind of stuff you would expect from the number one team in the world. Zimbabwe 92/4 after 12 overs. There is no intent to win this game at present.
- Jul 26, 2026 07:17 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Hosts need 116 off 60 balls
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: With six wickets in hand. India on top for sure. It's a not a batting-friendly wicket by any stretch of imagination. Drinks break has been taken. Often a wicket falls after such a break.
- Jul 26, 2026 07:05 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: The spinner hits back
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Ben Curran goes for 20 off 19 balls. Goes for a reverse stroke but instead finds Mayank Yadav at short third man. Mayank had dropped a catch earlier. He should feel a little better after this. Good comeback by Rav Bishnoi. Zimbabwe 67/4 after 8 overs.
- Jul 26, 2026 06:59 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Bishnoi starts badly
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Five-wide ball. Total 13 runs in the over. Burl puts one away past backward point for a four. Not the kind of start the Indian spinner would have wanted for himself.
In the next over, Ashok Sharma is disappointed as Ishan Kishan drops Ben Curran off his bowling. A simple skier but he fails to pouch it. Two fours afterwards in the over. Zimbabwe 64/3 after 7 overs.
- Jul 26, 2026 06:47 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Thakur strikes twice
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Off back-to-back deliveries. Sikandar Raza disappoints again. Burl joins Curran at the crease. Hat-trick chance but Burl hits Yash Thakur straight past for a four. Zimbabwe 38/3 after four overs.
- Jul 26, 2026 06:36 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Zimbabwe 12/1 after 2 overs
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Tight over from Yash Thakur who debuted in the last game. Just six runs off his six deliveries. There was a wide too. Mayank Yadav comes back for his second over. He has started where he had left off in the previous over. Hitting the deck hard and Myers has been at the receiving end. Mayank is generating some good pace. Close to 150kmph on a couple of occasions. Myers avenges himself, pulls him for a six off the last ball. Zimbabwe 27/1 after 3.
- Jul 26, 2026 06:27 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Wicket off first ball
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Brian Bennett gone. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi takes a nice catch in the slips off the bowling of Mayank Yadav. The pacer has done this for the second time in the series, that he has removed Bennett off the first ball. He had done the same in the first game. Zimbabwe 6/1 after the first over. By the way, Mayank also bowled a no-ball but nothing hurtful came of the free-hit.
- Jul 26, 2026 06:02 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Huge six from Rinku; India post 192
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: On the offside. Medhevere takes the catch but also goes past the rope. Still excellent effort. Three doubles followed before he is caught off the last ball. He scored 25 off 14 balls. Tilak Varma remained unbeaten on 11 off 9 balls. Today wasn't his day. India should win this game and claim the series 3-0. However, they have to be wary of Brian Bennett and Sikandar Raza.
- Jul 26, 2026 05:58 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Tight 19th over
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: India 179/4 . Just one four. Off the bat of Rinku Singh past deep fine leg. Seven runs from the Muzarabani over. It's a difficult pitch and then there are big boundaries to clear. If not for Sooryavanshi, things could have been different for the visitors.
- Jul 26, 2026 05:47 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: India 164/3 after 17 overs
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Tilak Varma plays a nice reverse shot for a four off Blessing Muzarabani. Off the first ball of the 18th over, Iyer goes for 27. Brad Evans is the bowler. Madhevere is the catcher at deep midwicket. He was eyeing a six but couldn't generate enough power into his shot. Rinku Singh walks into bat. He picks up a lovely four off the fifth all, nice cut on the offside. India 172/4 after 18 overs. 12 balls mor to go.
- Jul 26, 2026 05:38 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Vaibhav out!
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Unfortunate to get out. He was really looking good for a ton. What a fantastic catch by Brad Evans at long-off. He dives forward and completes the catch. India 145/3 after 15 overs. Vaibhav took 49 balls for his 81. Hit 8 fours and four big sixes.
- Jul 26, 2026 05:34 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Madhevere gets the treatment this time
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Over midwicket. These are big boundaries and Vaibhav is clearing them with ease. Shreyas Iyer now joins in with back-to-back boundaries.
- Jul 26, 2026 05:27 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Massive six
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Goes 102m. Sikandar Raza is stunned. Over the covers. Actually between covers and long-on. Impeccable timing from Vaibhav. He puts one in mind of Chris Gayle. Calm and destructive at once. India have really unearthed a huge talen
- Jul 26, 2026 05:23 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Hits back for four!
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: What a shot from Vaibhav off Madhevere. Straight as an arrow. Another boundary via a reverse sweep. He is generating a lot of power into his shots. India 113/2. Vaibhav unbeaten on 64.
- Jul 26, 2026 05:14 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Fifty for Sooryavanshi
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Off just 31 balls. His second in international cricket. India 95/1 after 10 overs. Excellent composure today from Vaibhav. He is learning real fast. Both batsmen have added 75 runs so far. WICKET! Off the first ball of the 11th over, Sikandar Raza cleans up Ishan Kishan for 29. Against the run of play. Shreyas Iyer walks in. There was a minor scare for Vaibhav but the ball falls in no man's land. India 101/2 after 11 overs.
- Jul 26, 2026 05:07 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: India 82/1 after 8 overs
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Excellent partnership underway. In the 9th over Brian Bennett concedes just 7 runs. Back-to-back good overs for the hosts. Vaibhav two short of a fifty.
- Jul 26, 2026 05:04 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Huge six from Vaibhav
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Wellington Masakadza is punished for a massive six on the legside. It's a big boundary out there. Ishan Kishan also picks up a four off the last ball. India 78/1 after 7 overs. Excellent comeback after the early fall of Abhishek Sharma.
- Jul 26, 2026 04:54 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Sooryavanshi continues his assault
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Hits Newman Nyamhuri past the mid-on for a four. He is looking good. The good thing is he is not overly aggressive. A big innings on the cards. Two off the fifth ball. Nice flick to the midwicket. And then a four off the last ball. A bit full and Sooryavanshi taps it down past the keeper. India 49/1 after five overs
- Jul 26, 2026 04:48 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Pitch doing a lot
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Plenty of bounce and movement. Here comes a big six off the bat of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Fierce pull off Blessing Muzarabani. Travels 90m. Huge six in the fourth over. Then a four off edge. 10 runs in the over. India 38/1 after four overs
- Jul 26, 2026 04:40 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Abhishek gone!
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Rash shot and he goes for 2. Moves away and tries to hit hard but nicks it to the keeper. Just four runs off the Blessing Muzarabani over. Of late, the left-hander has looked all over the place. Even though he has got runs in some matches, he has not looked convincing at all.
- Jul 26, 2026 04:33 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi off his blocks
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Straight away! First ball goes for a four on the offside. Not a convincing shot though. Half cut, half drive. That kind of shot it was. But the second four is more convincing. Steps away and lifts it over the covers. Five-wide ball follows. India on a flier. 17/0 after the first over.
- Jul 26, 2026 04:25 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Pitch report!
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: It's dry and there are plenty of cracks on it which means it's not going to be a belter. 180 or thereabouts will be a good score. Spinners are going to come in handy. If India can bat like they did yesterday, they should be very happy.
- Jul 26, 2026 04:16 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: The two teams!
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Zimbabwe: 1 Brian Bennett, 2 Ben Curran, 3 Dion Myers, 4 Ryan Burl, 5 Sikandar Raza (capt), 6 Wessly Madhevere, 7 Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), 8 Brad Evans, 9 Newman Nyamhuri, 10 Wellington Masakadza, 11 Blessing Muzarabani
India: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 3 Ishan Kishan (wk), 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Suryansh Shedge, 8 Ravi Bishnoi, 9 Ashok Sharma, 10 Yash Thakur, 11 Mayank Yadav
- Jul 26, 2026 04:07 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: No Prabhsimran Singh again!
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: India have made two changes but Prabhsimran Singh once again misses out. Fast bowler Ashok Sharma, who made his debut in the first game, comes back in after injury to Prince Yadav in the last game. Suryansh Shedge gets his first game of the series, he comes in place of Shivam Dube.
- Jul 26, 2026 03:43 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Sikandar Raza vows to bounce back!
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: The Zimbabwe captain has been woefully out of form and that affected the team's show. "The onus is on me to try and get it right because my team needs my runs and bowling, and unfortunately it hasn't been the case in the past two T20 games. I'll try my best to turn it around because the team could do really well with my runs," Raza said after the loss in the second game.
- Jul 26, 2026 03:31 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: India should bat again and score 300!
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Wouldn't that be cool? A good way to lessen the disappointment of the defeats in Ireland and England in the last few weeks. In the last match, they scored 219 but they can do much better. But then these wickets are not like the ones in India, where one hits sixes at will. Still, India should try, if they win the toss and bat first or they are put into bat.
- Jul 26, 2026 03:01 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Three-week gap before next India game
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: After this game, India will be in action next on August 15 against Sri Lanka at Galle. The first Test of a two-game rubber. India have been playing non-stop cricket for many months now. Their last Test came against Afghanistan in early June which they won by an innings and 300 runs. But Sri Lanka is going to be a totally different proposition.
- Jul 26, 2026 02:37 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Where can this match be watched?
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Unite8 Sports (TV broadcast) and FanCode (Digital). But don't expect a great coverage. But then something is better than nothing. The Harare Sports Club will host this game as well. Three in a row. This is some kind of new trend in Zimbabwe where one type of matches are held at one venue, one after the other.
- Jul 26, 2026 02:33 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Harsh Dubey and Suryansh Shedge?
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Are the two other players who haven't played in the ongoing series. They should get a chance today. Shedge in for Shivam Dube and Harsh in for Ravi Bishnoi. Prabhsimran in for Ishan Kishan and Ashok in for Prince. So, there is a possibility of at least four changes for the game today. Let's see what the Indian team management decides to do eventually.
- Jul 26, 2026 02:28 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Ashok Sharma can find his way back in
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: The tearaway pacer, who bowled the fastest in the IPL earlier this year, made his debut in the first game but then he was dropped for the next on Saturday. In light of Prince Yadav's hamstring injury, the Gujarat Titans pacer could be brought back in.
- Jul 26, 2026 02:26 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Aakash Chopra on Prabhsimran Singh!
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: “I am thinking of playing Prabh as well. What’s his mistake? You have selected Prabhsimran Singh, and we have no idea whatsoever when you would select him again. You have won the series,” the former India opener said.
- Jul 26, 2026 01:21 pm IST
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: Hello and welcome!
IND vs ZIM LIVE Score, 3rd T20I: To our coverage of the third and final game of the series. India look to whitewash Zimbabwe having taken a 2-0 lead. The visitors are likely to hand a few more debuts today, most notably to Prabhsimran Singh. Stay tuned for more updates.