India vs Zimbabwe LIVE Score, 5th T20I: ZIM 31/2 (5); Target 168; Madhevere, Bennett fall to Mukesh

Bishnoi into the attack. Four!! A touch too full, Marumani sweeps it behind square for a boundary. Four!! A reverse sweep this time, finds the boundary through point. India have taken a review for lbw. Pitching outside leg and India loses a review. 

Mukesh with his third. Four!! Slightly wider, Marumani cuts it through point for a boundary. Mukesh cleans up Marumani but he has overstepped! Run out chance as Marumani scampers across after dabbing one to cover. 11 runs off the over. 

Deshpande continues. Marumani guides a back of a length ball to point and steals a single. Just a single from the over. 

Mukesh continues. WICKET!! A touch too wide, Bennett flashes his bat at it, the edge flies into the waiting hands of third man. 

Brian Bennett c Riyan Parag b Mukesh Kumar 10(8)

Four!! Dion Myers gets off the mark with a swivel pull through forward square leg. 

Four!! Bennett puts away the first ball of Deshpande’s spell straight down the ground for a boundary. Four!! Too straight, clipped through midwicket for four more. Four!! Short and wide, Marumani creams the cut through point for another boundary. 

Madhevere and Marumani open for ZIM in the chase. Mukesh Kumar to bowl the first over. Short of a length, beats Madhevere on the outside edge. Samson though rises in appeal. Not given and not reviewed either. WICKET!! Short of a length again, chopped on by Madhevere!

Madhevere b Mukesh Kumar 0(3)

Brian Bennett in at 3. 

Akram with the last over. WICKET!! Rinku times a full one straight to extra cover where it is dropped, But Dube was halfway down the wicket and finds himself short of the crease at the non-strikers end. 

Shivam Dube run out (Raza/Faraz Akram) 26(12)

Washington in at 8. Rinku collects a double to deep square leg. Smacked straight down the ground by Rinku, Akram gets a hand to it and gives away just a single. Six!! Rinku dispatches a length ball over long on for six! Four!! Four legbyes through fine leg will take India to 167/6 in 20 overs.

Ngarava with his last over. Dube jams a yorker to long on for a single. Rinku looks to hoick a back of length ball, only manages to mistime it back to the bowler. A single to midwicket follows. Four!! A touch too wide, Dube pummels it past mid off for a boundary. Six!! Low full toss on the stumps, Dube lofts it over midwicket for a huge six! Four!! Another full toss, Dube gets it behind short fine leg for another boundary. Excellent end to the over for India. 

Muzarabani with his last over. Samson looks to paddle it over the legside but falls over while trying to make contact. Four!! Short of good length, Samson pulls it through the legside and manages to beat the fielder in the deep. WICKET! Samson looks to go big again, holes out to deep midwicket. 

Samson c Marumani b Muzarabani 58(45)

Rinku in at 7. Gets off the mark with a single to third man. 

Raza with his final over. Samson pulls a shorter delivery through backward square leg for a couple to bring up his second T20I half century! Samson pulls one through fine leg, a misfield will give him two. 9 runs from the over. 

Ngarava into the attack. Six!! Full outside off, Samson lofts it over long off for six! Shorter in length, pulled to the legside for a single. Nine runs off the over. 

Mavuta with his last over. Parag looks to go for the reverse sweep but Mavuta fires it down leg. WICKET!! Slightly shorter, Parag looks to loft it down the ground but doesn’t get enough of it. Good catch by Ngarava. 

Riyan Parag c Ngarava b Brandon Mavuta 22(24)

Dube in at 6. Drives a full ball to long off and scampers back for two. Six!! In the slot, Dube goes down on one knee and lofts it over long on for six!

Muzarabani with his third. Maintains the back of a length and the batters struggle to get it away. Just the four runs conceded from the over.

Akram with his third over. Three singles to start off the over. Samson cuts one through the offside and a good effort at the boundary keeps it to a couple. Just the six runs from the over. 

Mavuta continues. Six!! Overpitched on off stump, Samson lofts it down the ground for six! Six!! Wider in line this time. Samson lofts it over extra cover for six more. 50 partnership up between the two! 15 runs from the over. 

Raza with his third over. Tight over from Raza. Just the five runs conceded. 

Mavuta returns. Six!! Parag lofts one high and into the stands over midwicket for six! Dropped short, Samson pulls to deep square for a single. 11 runs off the over. 

Raza returns for his second. Six!! Samson steps down and lofts him straight back for six! Risky single as Samson sets off after defending one to mid off. A direct hit would have been curtains. 

Akram with his second over. Full on the stumps, stays a little low, Parag manages to turn it to midwicket for a single. Wider to Samson, punched through cover for a couple. Seven off the over. 

Legspinner Mavuta into the attack. Parag punches a wide one to long off for a single. Five singles from the over. 

Muzarabani with his second. Samson and Parag get off the mark with singles. Samson punches one through the offside for a couple. Four off the over. 

Ngarava with his second. Gill almost holes out to deep third. Looked to loft one down, takes the outside edge that falls just short of the fielder in the deep. WICKET!! Dropped short, Gill completely mistimes the pull and hands a simple catch to Raza at mid on. 

Shubman Gill c Raza b Ngarava 13(14)

Muzarabani into the attack. Dropped and four!! Abhishek makes room and cuts one through point, the fielder manages to get fingertips to it but can’t stop the boundary. WICKET!! Abhishek looks to make room and heave again, only manages a thick edge back to the keeper. 

Abhishek Sharma c Madande b Muzarabani 14(11)

Faraz Akram into the attack. Six!! Short of a length, Abhishek lofts it over midwicket for six! Abhishek guides one to short third for a single. Four!! Gill makes room and punches a fuller one through the covers for a boundary. Four!! Slightly wider, cut past short third for another boundary. 16 from the over. 

Ngarava from the other end. Gill cuts a wider one straight to the fielder at point. Gets off the mark with a single to the offside. Two from the over. 

Jaiswal and Gill out to open.Raza with the new ball. Six!! What a way to start! Jaiswal goes down on one knee and lofts it over the legside for six. To make matters worse its a no-ball. Six!! Jaiswal lofts the freehit back over the bowler’s head for six more. WICKET! Full and straight cleans up Jaiswal! Jaiswal b Raza 12(5)

Abhishek in at 3. Punches the first ball through cover and a misfield helps him get two. 

Zimbabwe: Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Faraz Akram, Clive Madande(w), Brandon Mavuta, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani

India: Shubman Gill(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Kumar

Zimbabwe wins the toss and opt to bowl first. 

First toss win of the series for Raza. Tendai Chatara has been rested. 

Gill says he was looking to bat first either way. Mukesh Kumar and Parag back in. 

Zimbabwe: Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Faraz Akram, Clive Madande(w), Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara 

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill(c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson(w), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Khaleel Ahmed

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill(c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson(w), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel

Zimbabwe: Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Faraz Akram, Clive Madande(w), Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Brandon Mavuta, Innocent Kaia, Antum Naqvi 

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