So, another box ticked for the young Indian team as they chased down a 150+ target without losing any wickets. First series win for Shubman Gill as the skipper. The fifth and final T20I of the five-match series is to be played at the same venue tomorrow (July 14). Don't forget to join us there. There are plenty of cricketing actions happening across the globe.
For now, this is me, AkshayaKrishna Polya, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator, Akshay Bhide, who, alongside our scorer/analyst Raju Khariya, brought you all the live-action of this visitors-dominated fixture. We will meet again. Until then, it's cheers!
STAT ATTACK
This is Indiaβs second 10-wicket win in T20Is after they had done so against the same team at the same venue back in 2016, where the target was 100.
10-wicket wins while chasing 150+ target: Pakistan vs England in Karachi, 2022 (target: 200) New Zealand vs Pakistan in Hamilton, 2016 (target: 169) England vs India in Adelaide, 2022 (target: 169) India vs Zimbabwe in Harare, 2024 (target: 153) - TODAY Pakistan vs India in Dubai, 2021 (target: 152)
Biggest wins in terms of balls remaining for India, chasing 150-plus targets in T20Is:
28 vs Zimbabwe, Harare, 2024, TODAY (153)
26 vs Bangladesh, Rajkot, 2019 (154)
26 vs Afghanistan, Indore, 2024 (173)
Shubman Gill (India Captain): "Definitely, I am feeling happy with my first series win as the captain. But I guess the job has not been done yet. We have one more game left to play.
Chasing was one thing we talked about. We could not do it in the morning, so good to get it done.
This is a great team, a great bunch of players. Hopefully, we will be able to take the team forward
I haven't had the discussion with the coach, and if there are any changes, then I will let you know at the toss (chuckles)."
Yashasvi Jaiswal (Player of the Match): "I think I really enjoyed today. The wicket was good today. I had different plans for different bowlers and I enjoyed my batting.
When the ball was new, it was coming onto the bat. But once it got old, it got slower. I changed the way I batted. Me and Shubman enjoy batting together.
Initially, I thought I would go on in the first 10 overs. But after spending some time in the middle, I realized how to bat and stay unbeaten till the end and win the game for my side."
Player of the Match: Yashasvi Jaiswal
Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe Captain): "I think the wicket was slightly on the slower side to start with; maybe it was a bit damp. We would have liked to get to around 160, which we thought would be par, but given the way they batted today, just raise your hands and appreciate. Even 180 would have been not enough. Today is the day you hold your heads high and say they batted better.
I am very sure we will be a very competitive side in a short time. Even though the last five overs went for 54-55, we could have got more runs, another 8-10 more runs. There was a bit of kick, bounce and we had to reign ourselves in.
They batted really well and batted us out of the game. The wicket was slightly on the slower side and it was spongy. The heavy roller did the trick for them. It became a beautiful wicket.
Hopefully, we will come back stronger in the last game of the series. We want to bounce back well in all three departments. Even if we lose series 2-3, it would be a good result in the end."
150+ opening stands for India in Menβs T20Is: 165 - Rohit Sharma π€ KL Rahul vs Sri Lanka
in Indore, 2017 165 - Yashasvi Jaiswal π€ Shubman Gill vs West Indies
in Lauderhill, 2023 160 - Rohit Sharma π€ Shikhar Dhawan vs Ireland
in Dublin, 2018 158 - Rohit Sharma π€ Shikhar Dhawan vs New Zealand
in Delhi, 2017 156* - Yashasvi Jaiswal π€ Shubman Gill vs Zimbabwe
in Harare, 2024 - TODAY