India vs Zimbabwe T20 Highlights 2016 18 June 2016 | Icc Cricket, India vs Zimbabwe T20 Highlights 2016 18 June 2016 | Icc Cricket.Harare: Handed a rude shock in the opening game, India will have to raise their game in the second Twenty20 International to stay afloat in the three-match series against minnows Zimbabwe in Harare on Monday.
It was the first time that the Indian youngsters were tested on the tour and faltered at crucial junctures to suffer an unexpected loss.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni failed to get his team over the line in the last over but equally culpable were the batsmen, who got out at key moments after getting starts.Manish Pandey made a fluent 48 but like debutant Mandeep Singh, he would have loved to carry on and take the side through.
With Dhoni at the other end and India needing eight off the final over, Axar Patel got out to a loose shot to make life tougher for the visitors.
Hosts Zimbabwe managed to pull off one of the most stunning upsets of the year on Saturday afternoon, in a David vs Goliath clash against India. Zimbabwe, which was decimated by a second-string India in the ODIs preceding the T20 matches, marked a fine comeback by recording a two-run win, their second consecutive T20 win over the Men in Blue.
"Underestimate them at your own peril" is a term that is often reserved for lower-ranked teams in general, sides such as Bangladesh and Ireland in particular. On Saturday, it turned out to be Zimbabwe. The African nation held its nerves till the very last ball of the match, and brought about a much-needed sense of relief and joy to the Harare Sports Club.
On a flat track, seemingly the most batting-friendly one in the whole tour so far, Elton Chigumbura not only ensured Zimbabwe batted their entire quota of overs for the first time in the series, but also took the Indian attack head-on, and ended up winning the battle against them, smashing an unbeaten 54 off just 26 deliveries.
The Indian attack was missing key personnel like Dhawal Kulkarni and Barinder Sran, who had been effective in getting the ball to move early in the innings, but the fact that Chigumbura hammered Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal out of the park is a commendable feat unto itself.NEW DELHI: India's cricket tour of Zimbabwe was today hit by a massive controversy after an official associated with one of the sponsors of the series was arrested for alleged rape even though he pleaded innocence to the charge.
The storm erupted after the Zimbabwean media reported that an unnamed Indian cricketer had been arrested on charges of rape. The reports stated that India's ambassador to the African nation, R Masakui, had tried to prevent the player's arrest last night at a Harare hotel.
