Abhishek Sharma scored a historic century in India’s dominant 100-run victory against Zimbabwe in the second T20I in Harare on Sunday. Abhishek scored 100 off 47 balls to help India reach 234 for 2 after batting first. In only his second T20I game, the southpaw scored his first international century in 46 balls. This saw him becoming the India batter to take fewest innings (2) to score a T20I ton. Ruturaj Gaikwad hit 77 not out while Rinku Singh too contributed with a quickfire 48 not out as the Zimbabwe bowlers had a tough day on the field. In the second innings, Avesh Khan (3 for 15) and Ravi Bishnoi (2 for 11) ruled the roost, as result India bowled out Zimbabwe for 134 runs.
This is the highest defeat margins for Zimbabwe in T20Is by runs. Previously, Australia defeated Zimbabwe in 2018 by a margin of 100 runs. Abhishek Sharma was awarded the player of the match for his superb innings and maiden hundred.
For Zimbabwe, Wessly Madhevere (43), Wessly Madhevere (33) and Brian Bennett (26) scored few runs, but they were not enough as Indian bowlers dominated from the very beginning.
Earlier after winning the toss, India decided to bat first at the 2nd T20I encounter at Harare Sports Club on July 7. The Shubman Gill-led Men in Blue scored a massive 234/2 in the first innings. Zimbabwe need to score 235 in 20 overs to win.
The 234/2 by India is the highest team total against Zimbabwe surpassing 229/2 by Australia in 2018.
