The Indian side successfully completed a 3-0 sweep over the Zimbabwean team in their T20I series by winning the last match by 35 runs. The Indian captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and chose to bat first. The Indians performed well with their bat, scoring 192/5 in 20 overs and then limiting the opponent to 157/7.
The Indian innings was based on positive intentions shown by the team’s upper order batsmen, including the exciting Vaibhav Sooryavanshi who made an effective contribution to the team’s innings once again. The left-handed player struck an aggressive knock of 31 runs in 21 balls, providing India with the required impetus with the help of some boundaries hit during his knock. The middle order of the team continued their scoring rate in a similar manner with some helpful partnerships until they achieved a total in excess of 190 runs in spite of losing wickets regularly to Zimbabwe.
The chase by Zimbabwe was not fully successful in spite of a hard fight by Ryan Burl. The seasoned all-rounder held on well in tough situations and remained unbeaten in his innings of 54 runs in just 43 balls. This player played aggressively with the bat to keep his team in the game. Wessly Madhevere added 28 runs, but the rate of scoring runs went on increasing for Zimbabwe as India were scoring frequently.
India’s bowlers carried out their strategies well by maintaining good pace along with spin bowling and restricting Zimbabwe from scoring runs. Whenever the hosts were about to stage a comeback, India had a good answer. Zimbabwe managed to score only 157/7 in 20 overs, falling 35 runs short of the total required.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s positive inning made him earn the Man of the Match award, while he also won the Man of the Series award for his performance in all the three matches of the series. His positive game in batting was one of the major positives of India in their tour.
This victory rounded off an impressive campaign for the Indian side, who managed to win all three T20Is comprehensively, after having won their previous games by seven wickets and by 90 runs respectively. This clean sweep brought out the strength of the Indian side, with contributions from batters and bowlers alike throughout the series.
