IND vs ZIM / India became the topper of Group-2 by defeating Zimbabwe, will compete with England in the semi-finals

IND vs ZIM: The final match of the Super 12 stage between India and Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup was played on Sunday. In this match, India defeated Zimbabwe by 71 runs. With this win, Team India has confirmed its place in the semi-finals with a bang. India won the toss and decided to bat in this match. Batting first, India scored 186 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs due to the stormy innings of Suryakumar Yadav. In reply, Zimbabwe were bundled out for 115 runs in 17.2 overs and India won the match.

India's great batting

India have secured the first position on the points table by winning this match. Which means on November 10, Team India will face England in the semi-finals. This match will be played in Adelaide. Talking about this match, batting first for India, KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav hit a fifty. Opener KL Rahul scored 51 runs off 35 balls. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav played an innings of 61 runs in just 25 balls.

Team India's start in this match was not special. Team India's captain and opener Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 15 runs. Virat also could not do anything special in this match and he scored 26 runs in 25 balls. India got off to a slow start though. But in the last few overs, Suryakumar Yadav batted with a bang. He hit 6 fours and 4 sixes in his innings of 61 runs.

bowlers did wonders

In the second innings, India's bowlers continued their scintillating performance, bowling out Zimbabwe for 115 in 17.2 overs. All Indian bowlers took wickets in the match. Ashwin took 3 wickets. While Mohammed Shami and Hardik Pandya took two wickets each. Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled brilliantly in the powerplay to give India an early breakthrough. Both took one wicket each in this match.

Zimbabwe's team was on the back foot from the powerplay itself. Zimbabwe lost 3 wickets in the powerplay itself. However, Zimbabwe played some big shots in the middle overs. By that time it was too late. Suryakumar Yadav was adjudged the player of the match for his brilliant batting. India is now standing two steps away from the World Cup.