Ind vs Zim : 2nd Twenty20 match

On 13th, India played Zimbabwe in the second Twenty20 match at Harare Sports Club, Harare. India won the toss & had put Zimbabwe to bat first.

Zimbabwe opened the batting account with their openers Hamilton Masakadza & Brendan Taylor. Hamilton Masakadza did not survive for longer period as he got out in the 13th delivery of the match. Zimbabwe played moderately & their run rate was just over 6 runs per over. They were loosing wickets at the right time. Tatenda Taibu played till the end of the innings which Zimbabwe to put up a decent total. He was unbeaten scoring 45 runs from 40 deliveries which included 2 fours. Zimbabwe finished its batting innings by playing entire 20 overs & had put up a total of 140 runs loosing 5 wickets. Ashok Dinda looked impressive from Indian bowling side. His economy rate was just 3.75 runs per over & had took 2 important wickets.

As Indians are well experienced to this type of game, this total was hardly a big deal for the visitors. India lost its first wicket in the fifth over, it was Naman Ojha. After this fall, Murali Vijay & skipper Suresh Raina played well to lead Indian team to chase the target successfully. By the end of 18th over, India chased down the target of 140 runs set by the hosts. India scored 144 runs loosing 3 wickets. Suresh Raina was unbeaten scoring a magnificent 72 runs from 44 deliveries which included 6 fours & 2 sixes. Man of the match & the series was Suresh Raina for his brilliant performance throughout the series.

Zimbabwe stuns Australia by winning the warm up match

Today 3 matches were played as an warm up for World Twenty20 cup. World Twenty20 cup will be starting from 30th of April in West Indies.

Zimbabwe played their warm up match against Australia at St Lucia. Zimbabwe stunned Australia, winning the match by 1 runs. Batting first, Zimbabwe put up a total of 173-7 in 20 overs. Elton Chigumbara hit a massive 76 runs from just 33 deliveries. In reply, Australia played magnificently with the help of David Warner who hit 72 runs. But they failed to score 2 runs to become victorious there by loosing the match to Zimbabwe by 1 runs. Wow!! what a start from Zimbabwe in this season as they have stunned one of the best team in the world.

 Second match was played between New Zealand & Ireland. Kiwis batted first & made a magnificient 187 runs loosing 5 wickets off 20 overs. In reply, Ireland could score only 147 runs off 20 overs. Top performer was Jesse Ryder who played spectacularly scoring 60 runs from just 30 deliveries.


Third match was between Bangladesh & Barbados XI which was played in the afternoon. Bangla boys won the match by 36 runs which has increased their confidence. They scored 166 runs loosing 6 wickets off 20 overs. Chasing the target, Barbados could score only 130.

Also, Pakistan had won the opening warm-up game against Windward Islands XI where they had the match comfortably by 68 runs.