India edge thriller to seal series 2-1
Zimbabwe came within one hit of sealing their first-ever win in a T20I series of more than one match, but India ultimately prevailed to shade the third T20I by three runs
22/06Result
3rd T20I, India tour of Zimbabwe at Harare, Jun 22 2016
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![India]( "India")
138/6 -
![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
135/6 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
22/06Result
3rd T20I, India tour of Zimbabwe at Harare, Jun 22 2016
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![India]( "India")
138/6 -
![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
135/6 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
KM Jadhav
58(42) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %70%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 18 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
V Sibanda
28(23) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %83%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot
- 5 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
DT Tiripano
- O4
- M0
- R20
- W3
- Eco5.00
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
| 1W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
DS Kulkarni
- O4
- M0
- R23
- W2
- Eco5.75
| 1W | ||||
| 1W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Series
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
India won the 3-match series 2-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.00 start, First Session 13.00-14.25, Interval 14.25-14.45, Second Session 14.45-16.10
Match days
22 June 2016 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
INDIA 138/6 (20 OVERS)
- Kedar Jadhav58 (42)
- KL Rahul22 (20)
- Donald Tiripano3/20 (4)
- Neville Madziva1/32 (4)
ZIMBABWE 135/6 (20 OVERS)
- Vusi Sibanda28 (23)
- Peter Moor26 (21)
- Dhawal Kulkarni2/23 (4)
- Barinder Sran2/31 (4)
Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Nikhil Kalro
END OF OVER:20 | 17 Runs 1 Wkt | ZIM: 135/6 (4 runs required, RR: 6.75)
- Timycen Maruma23 (13b)
- Barinder Sran4-1-31-2
- Jasprit Bumrah4-0-23-0
Zimbabwe needed a four off the last delivery to win it today. Here's a look at five ODIs that were decided by final-ball boundaries.
4.30pm Superb finish. A sensational match, India defend 138 to end up victors of the T20 series 2-1. 21 off the last over, Sran lost his head and his line but came back to keep Zimbabwe's batsmen in check. India had just enough in the end, it seemed, to get over the line. Zimbabwe got a strong start to their chase, but fell away in the middle with some limp batting. Even with a late surge, it wasn't enough.
Presentation time.
Barinder Sran is the Man of the Series: "21 runs is a lot for the final over. i was confident we were going to win. Started with a different plan but then changed."
Kedar Jadhav is the Man of the Match
Graeme Cremer: "Disappointing, but happy with the way the guys fought. One-day series was a tough beating. Nice to get a few more games. If we carry on playing, we'll get better."
MS Dhoni: "usually in this format, the games get close. Zimbabwe did well, bowled well. They need more games to get better. Difficult one, we did what was right to put in the opposition (in the ODIs). Right way to play cricket. Fast bowling department, we need a good pool of players. Now we can proudly say we have 10-12 players who can play. Important to turn up for India. Personally I feel we got more from the T20s than the ODIs.
19.6
W
Sran to Chigumbura, OUT, taken and India have won. What a game. Low full toss outside off, Chigumbura toe-ends it to cover and Chahal takes the catch in front of him. India win the series 2-1.
E Chigumbura c Chahal b Sran 16 (34m 16b 2x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
Not long ago Dhoni needed four off one ball. Chigs' turn. What is Sran going to do
19.5
4
Sran to Chigumbura, FOUR, they get one. Full and wide outside off, Chigs comes down and has a nice, old, swing at it and gets a thick outside edge. Third man is up and that will be four
8 off 2, Zimbabwe need a boundary. India don't
19.4
1
Sran to Maruma, 1 run, excellent bowling. Predictable line but Maruma can only jam it away into the off side for a run. Really good bowling
Chigs walks down to chat with his partner
19.3
0
Sran to Maruma, no run, another wide yorker outside off, just inside the tramline. Maruma misses another. Marginal, but the right call.
19.2
0
Sran to Maruma, no run, oh, excellent comeback. Wide yorker and Maruma cannot get anything. Great bowling
Free hit coming up
19.2
5nb
Sran to Maruma, (no ball) FOUR, over cover and that will be four. Very high full toss outside off, Maruma slaps the ball over cover. And a no ball is called. Over waist. Got sufficient behind that to clear cover.
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