IND vs ZIM 5th T20I 2024 Match Today and Weather Forecast: Indian cricket players celebrate after beating Zimbabwe during the third T20 match between Zimbabwe and India, at the Harare Sports Club, in Harare, Wednesday, July 10, 2024.AP/PTIIndia vs Zimbabwe 5th T20I Match Today and Weather Forecast: India won the five-match T20I series 3-1 against Zimbabwe on Saturday in Harare. While the fate of the series has been sealed Sikandar Raza’s side will play for their pride in the final game and look to end the series on a high.
Apart from the opening game last week Zimbabwe players have been no match in terms of skill-set to this young Indian team. While bowling thanks to Blessing Muzarambani has looked competent the batting unit struggled to pick the Indian off-spinner Washington Sundar and wrist-spinner Ravi Bishnoi which ended up being major reasons behind their current predicament in the bilateral tournament.
Predicted XIs
IND XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill (c), Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Kumar
Player to watch out for: With the 93-run match-winning knock on Saturday Jaiswal once again showed why he is one of the earmarked talents for the future to replace the stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. If Zimbabwe bowlers won’t pick his wicket early the left-hander has all the shots in the book to take the game away in the Powerplay itself.
ZIM XI: Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (c), Johnathan Campbell, Faraz Akram, Clive Madande (wk), Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara
Player to watch out for: Despite the thrashing Zimbabwe took in the series one shining light for them is Muzarambani. He troubled both Indian skipper Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad throughout the campaign consistently. If Zimbabwe has any chance of winning the game it has to come from a destructive spell from the tall fast bowler who bowls at a brisk pace as well.
Squads:
India Squad for Zimbabwe tour: Shubman Gill(c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel(w), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Sai Sudharsan, Jitesh Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Harshit Rana, Shivam Dube, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson.
Zimbabwe Squad for India series: Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Clive Madande(w), Innocent Kaia, Wessly Madhevere, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Tendai Chatara, Brandon Mavuta, Dion Myers, Faraz Akram, Antum Naqvi
India vs Zimbabwe head-to-head records in T20Is
Matches played: 12, India won: 9, Zimbabwe won: 3
India vs Zimbabwe pitch report
The pitch at Harare Sports Club though has been changed for games but the innate nature has been conducive for all departments. Apart from the second T20I where Zimbabwe missed chances in the field which contributed to India’s massive 200+ total all the surfaces has given everyone something to work with.
India vs Zimbabwe weather report
The maximum temperature of Sunday’s game is 26 degrees centigrade according to Accuweather.com. There is no chance of rainfall and since the game is in the noon both captains need not worry about the dew factor.
India vs Zimbabwe live streaming details
The live streaming of the IND vs ZIM, T20I series in India will be available on the Sony Liv app and website at 4:30 PM.
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