Illustrated Story

India slip up against disciplined Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe opted to bat and the openers added 28 in 20 balls, before Hamilton Masakadza became Sandeep Sharma's maiden T20I wicket  Associated Press
Debutant Sanju Samson held on to a catch off Mohit Sharma to dismiss stand-in captain Sikandar Raza, and Zimbabwe were 48 for 2 after 5.4 overs  Associated Press
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Sean Williams was caught and bowled to break a 37-run stand for the third wicket. His partner Chamu Chibhabha though kept going and made 67 off 51  Associated Press
Bhuvneshwar Kumar hit back for India. His twin strikes in the 19th over - removing Chibhabha and Craig Ervine - helped restrict Zimbabwe to 145 for 7  Associated Press
Zimbabwe dismissed Ajinkya Rahane off the third ball of the chase  Associated Press
M Vijay and Robin Uthappa steadied things, but it all went wrong for India after that. From 57 for 1, they collapsed to 69 for 5 by the ninth over  Associated Press
Zimbabwe kept the pressure up, through Greame Cremer who took 3 for 18, and claimed a 10-run win, their first over India  Associated Press
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