Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2024

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Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2024
  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Flag of India.svg
  Zimbabwe India
Dates 6 – 14 July 2024
Captains Sikandar Raza Shubman Gill
Twenty20 International series
Results India won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs Dion Myers (134) Shubman Gill (170)
Most wickets Blessing Muzarabani (6)
Sikandar Raza (6)
Mukesh Kumar (8)
Washington Sundar (8)
Player of the series Washington Sundar (Ind)

The Indian cricket team toured Zimbabwe in July 2024 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] [2] In February 2024, the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) confirmed the fixtures for the tour. [3] [4]

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Squads

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [5] Flag of India.svg  India [6]

On 26 June 2024, Nitish Kumar Reddy was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by Shivam Dube. [7] Harshit Rana, Jitesh Sharma and Sai Sudharsan were named as replacements for Shivam Dube, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson for the first two T20Is. [8] [9]

T20I series

1st T20I

6 July 2024
13:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
115/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
102 (19.5 overs)
Clive Madande 29* (25)
Ravi Bishnoi 4/13 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 31 (29)
Tendai Chatara 3/16 (3.5 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 13 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Forster Mutizwa (Zim)
Player of the match: Sikandar Raza (Zim)

2nd T20I

7 July 2024
13:00
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
234/2 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
134 (18.4 overs)
Abhishek Sharma 100 (47)
Wellington Masakadza 1/29 (2 overs)
Wesley Madhevere 43 (39)
Avesh Khan 3/15 (3 overs)
India won by 100 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Abhishek Sharma (Ind)

3rd T20I

10 July 2024
13:00
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
182/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
159/6 (20 overs)
Shubman Gill 66 (49)
Sikandar Raza 2/24 (4 overs)
Dion Myers 65* (49)
Washington Sundar 3/15 (4 overs)
India won by 23 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Percival Sizara (Zim)
Player of the match: Washington Sundar (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sikandar Raza (Zim) scored his 5,000th run in T20s. [16] [17]
  • This was India's 150th victory in T20Is. [18] [19]

4th T20I

13 July 2024
13:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
152/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
156/0 (15.2 overs)
Sikandar Raza 46 (28)
Khaleel Ahmed 2/32 (4 overs)
India won by 10 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Forster Mutizwa (Zim)
Player of the match: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Ind)

5th T20I

14 July 2024
13:00
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
167/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
125 (18.3 overs)
Sanju Samson 58 (45)
Blessing Muzarabani 2/19 (4 overs)
Dion Myers 34 (32)
Mukesh Kumar 4/22 (3.3 overs)
India won by 42 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Forster Mutizwa (Zim)
Player of the match: Shivam Dube (Ind)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

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