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1st T20I: No last-ball heroics from Dhoni as Zimbabwe jolt immature India
- Updated: June 18, 2016
Harare: Team India got their T20 debate to a misfortune probable start as they mislaid their initial compare to Zimbabwe by 2 runs here on Saturday as even their gifted captain MS Dhoni couldn’t book his common last-ball heroics.
The immature Indian side couldn’t hoop a vigour and succumbed to a unaffected Zimbabwe side. Interestingly, India have now mislaid a final dual T20 Internationals they have played opposite Zimbabwe. It will be after a prolonged time that India will be personification to save a series against Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwean players applaud after winning a T20 International compare opposite India during Harare Sports Club, on Saturday. Pic/AP/PTI
Chasing 171 to win, India started off badly as they mislaid a wicket of in-form opener KL Rahul off a really initial delivery. Pandey top-scored for India with 48 off 35 balls. His innings enclosed one range and 3 sixes.
India were limited to 168 for six with seamer Neville Madziva bowling a shining final over to give a hosts a 1-0 lead in a three-match series.
After a 3-0 cakewalk in a preceding ODI series, India were brought down to earth by this annoying better in which captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s repute as a finisher again took a beating.
Needing usually 8 off a final over, Dhoni who couldn’t connect a singular large shot during his composed 19 off 17 balls.
Surprisingly, Dhoni took singular to display Himachal Pradesh’s Rishi Dhawan (1), who simply lacked peculiarity or ability to hit the round out of a park.
Madziva bowled fuller and a few length deliveries, mixing it adult easily as a few hundreds of Zimbabwean supporters were ecstatic in joy.
IPL regulars like Pandey (48) and Axar Patel (18) did their bit to set it adult though when it mattered a most, the little famous Zimbabwean boys, nothing of whom have franchise contract in private leagues did it for their country.
With 79 compulsory off 42 balls, Pandey motionless to take on rival captain Graeme Cremer, attack him for dual consecutive sixes as 16 runs came off a 14th over in association of skipper Dhoni. The participation of Dhoni also ensured that singles were converted into doubles.
The skipper got his initial range in a subsequent over with a good small bisected between indicate and gully that went for a boundary. The bowler was Taurai Muzarabani. The 15th over yielded 10 runs.
With Pandey removing a range off Neville Madziva’s next over that constructed 12 runs — India’s feat bid was behind on track with 38 runs entrance off 3 overs.
Just when it looked that Pandey will take India home, he mistimed a lofted shot off Muzarabani’s bowling to get out for 48 off 35 balls carrying strike a 4 and 3 sixes.
This brought down a equation to 28 off 16 balls. However, Axar Patel strike one of a biggest sixes of a match over long-on to move a equation down to 21 from 12 balls.
A 4 and 6 off penultimate over saw Axar move down the equation to 8 from a final over that a Indians failed
to get.
Earlier, former skipper Elton Chigumbura’s late sequence assault guided Zimbabwe to 170/6 in a initial T20 International opposite India during a Harare Sports Club here on Saturday.
Chigumbura bloody 7 large sixes and a 4 during his dominant 26-ball 55, that saw India leaking 59 runs in a final 5 overs. The right-hander’s eighth-wicket mount with Neville Madziva yielded 40 runs as a Indians were acid for cover.
Earlier, a hosts got off to a sprightly start after being sent into bat, with openers Hamliton Masakadza and Chamu Chibhabha putting on 33 runs as a former skipper bloody a 15-ball 25, including dual uninterrupted sixes off middle pacer Jaydev Unadkat to lay a platform.
But a assault was shortly tranquil by immature middle pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who packaged behind Masakadza with a slower off-cutter. Wicketkeeper-batsman Richmond Mutumbami, who came in next, late after spiteful himself while Chibhabha shortly assimilated him during a dug out after scoring a 19-ball 20.
Next in Sikandar Raza and Malcolm Waller combined 47 runs for a fourth wicket to take a hosts nearby a 100-run symbol before Waller was castled by leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s googly for a 21-ball 30, that enclosed 4 hits to a fence.
With that wicket, Zimbabwe once again mislaid a lane as Raza (20) ran himself out while left-arm spinner Axar Patel accounted for Tinotenda Mutombodzi (3). Skipper Graeme Cremer (4) also perished low though was Chigumbura’s late sequence heroics saved a hosts from another humiliation.
Faced with a remarkable onslaught, a Indian bowlers looked infirm as middle pacers Jaydev Unadkat and Rishi Dhawan leaked 43 and 42 runs respectively. Bumrah was a many successful bowler with dual wickets while Dhawan, Patel and Chahal chipped in with one wicket apiece.
India will play second compare during a same venue on Monday.