India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Highlights: IND win by 42 runs, take series 4-1

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Mukesh takes two wickets in the 19th over and Zimbabwe are all out for 125 runs. Mukesh finishes with figures of 4/22, he has been on the money throughout the match, except maybe for the two times that he overstepped. Mukesh pitched up the second ball of the 19th Akram swung at it and it took his outside edge. Samson flew to his left to take quite an incredible catch. The Mukesh bowls two wides and then goes around the wicket, bowls to the stumps and knocks Ngarava over.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Deshpande bangs the fifth ball of the 18th in, Mavuta pulls and it goes straight back to the bowler. Zimbabwe down to their last two wickets.

Mavuta c & b Deshpande 4 (7)

IND vs ZIM Live Score: Zimbabwe 120/8 in 17.5 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Dube finishes his spell with two wickets. The fifth ball of the 17th is sent in fullish on off stump by Dube, Faraz Akram, who has copped a few blows throughout this series, smashes it over deep square leg for a six. That was quite some shot but it is nothing more than that as Zimbabwe now have to go at a required rate of nearly 20 an over.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: Zimbabwe 109/7 in 17 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Well this match is over as a contest. Abjhishek Sharma gets a wicket off the first ball of his third over. Grips into the pitch and turns away from Madande, Samson takes the catch behind the stumps.

Madande c Samson b Abhishek Sharma 1 (4)

IND vs ZIM Live Score: Zimbabwe 94/6 in 15 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Well Zimbabwe have been running some tight ones out there and there have been a few yes-no situations. Raza swept and set off, Dube collected the ball at short fine-leg and hits the non-striker's stumps right on the bails.

Raza run out (Dube) 8 (12)

IND vs ZIM Live Score: Zimbabwe 89/5 in 14 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Myers backs away fourth ball of the 13th, Dube follows him with a short delivery. Leading edge to short third where Abhishek dives forward and takes the catch.

Myers c Abhishek Sharma b Dube 34 (32)

IND vs ZIM Live Score: Zimbabwe 86/4 in 13 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: The Zimbabwe run rate has dropped off now and India are in control. Myers is on 33 off 29, Sikandar Raza at the other end on seven off nine. Zimbabwe need 86 off 48 balls, their required run rate has gone up to 10.75 and they are going at 6.83 at the moment.

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Washington had appealed for LBW first ball, the umpire shook his head. Another appeal off the second and now the umpire raises his finger. Full ouitside off and sliding into Marumani, he misses his slog sweep and the ball hits the pads. Looked pretty close and Marumani might have been better served if he had reviewed that.

Marumani lbw b Sundar 27 (24)

IND vs ZIM Live Score: Zimbabwe 59/2 in 8.2 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Bishnoi gets clobbered around by Marumani and then Myers and Zimbabwe have had a far better powerplay than India did. The batters run three off the first ball and then Marumani sweeps it to the boundary. Marumani then brings out the switch hit for the fourth ball and smashes it through what would have been his off side. An LBW appeal turned down after that, Gill reviews and it had pitched outside leg. The batters ran a leg bye off that ball and then Myers finishes it with a shot over cover for four.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: Zimbabwe 47/2 in 6 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Marumani hits fours off the first two balls of the fifth over as Mukesh comes back for his third. The next delivery, though, speeds past Marumani's outside edge and crashes into the off stump. India celebrate and they are so involved in it that they don't seem to notice that dreaded buzzer going off. Eventually, the umpire tell them and they all go back to their position, Mukesh had overstepped in that delivery. The free hit delivery is a dot and then two runs off the last three balls. Marumani is on 14 off 13, Dion Myers at the other end on five off seven.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: Zimbabwe 31/2 in 5 overs

India vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Live Score, IND vs ZIM: Good comeback from Deshpande. Marumani gets off strike fourth ball and that is all the runs that Zimbabwe get from the fourth over.

IND vs ZIM Live Score: Zimbabwe 20/2 in 4 overs

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