Shubman Gill said during Match Presentation vs Zimbabwe 1st T20 Match
India vs Zimbabwe T20 Match : The young Indian team led by Shubman Gill lost to less experienced Zimbabwe by 13 runs in the first T20 International match of the five-match series on Saturday due to the disappointing performance of the batsmen.
Indian bowlers, led by leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi, restricted Zimbabwe to 115 runs for nine wickets. But the Indian batsmen faced a lot of difficulty on the bouncy pitch, which lost four wickets in the powerplay and the entire team was reduced to 102 runs in 19.5 overs.
India, which recently won the T20 World Cup, had fielded young players on this tour and was expected to easily win over Zimbabwe. But Zimbabwe upset India by defeating India thanks to fast bowler Tendai Chatara (three wickets for 16 runs) and captain Sikandar Raza (three wickets for 25 runs). This was India’s first defeat in T20 International in 2024. This is also India’s first defeat against Zimbabwe in eight years.
Shusman Gill during Match Presentation
After the match, Shubman Gill said, “We bowled quite well, but we weakened ourselves in the field. We were not up to the standards and everyone looked a bit tired. We talked about taking time and enjoying our batting but it didn’t happen that way. Halfway we had lost 5 wickets, it would have been best for us if I had stayed there till the end, I am very disappointed with the way I got out and the rest of the match went out of our hands. There was some hope for us but when you are chasing 115 runs and your number 10 batsman is out, you know something is wrong.”
Washington Sunder completed 100 wickets after Dismissing Dion Myers
Washington Sundar completed 100 wickets in T20 cricket, he achieved the feat by dismissing Wellington Masakadza during the India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20I 2024 in Harare on Saturday, July 6. The off-spinner returned to the Indian T20I squad and made an instant impact by dismissing Dion Myers off the second ball of the 15th over
Thee Debutant Players in India vs Zimbabwe Series
In this match, India made three players debut. Debutant Abhishek Sharma (zero) could not even open the account and was caught by Wellington Masakadza at deep square leg off Brian Bennett in the very first over of the innings. Rituraj Gaikwad (07) had hit a boundary off nine balls when Blessing Mujarbani’s good length delivery hit the edge of his bat and landed in the hands of Innocent Kaiya. Chatara dismissed both Riyan Parag (02) and Rinku Singh (0) in the fifth over, taking the Indian team‘s score to 22 runs for four wickets.
Captain Shubman Gill (31 runs) was standing at one end and watching wickets fall continuously at the other end. With wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel (06) getting out in the 10th over and captain Gill getting out in the 11th over, the hope of staying for the entire over also ended. But Avesh Khan (16 runs) and Washington Sundar (27 runs) added 23 runs for the eighth wicket to take India to 84 runs. India needed 16 runs in the final over and one wicket was left, which ended the innings as soon as it fell.
