India’s debutants had a poor outing in their first T20I. (Source: AP)
India were stunned by Zimbabwe as the Men in Blue were not able to chase 171, falling two runs short of the target in Harare on Saturday. It was a forgettable outing for most of India’s debutants and they entered record books, for the wrong reasons. Here’s a look at some interesting numbers:
Scorecard: India vs Zimbabwe (Click here)
# Zimbabwe have registered their second consecutive T20I win over India. They last beat India at the same venue last year
# India have never lost a wicket off the first ball in a T20I. KL Rahul was the first as he was out for a golden duck, on T20I debut
STATS: Interesting numbers from series opener
# Zimbabwe’s 170/6 is their highest total in the series. Previous best was 168 in the first ODI
# India’s Unadkat and Dhawan join the list of most expensive T20I debuts. They are fourth and fifth on the list with figures of 0/43 and 1/42 respectively. Ahead of them are Aravind (1/44), Nehra (1/52) and Joginder Sharma (0/57)
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