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Harare, 26th July. Indian batting line-up’s teenage sensation i.e. 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit his second explosive fifty (81 runs, 49 balls, four sixes, eight fours) in three matches at the Harare Sports Club Ground here on Sunday. After that, the young bowlers were once again on target and Team India defeated Zimbabwe by 35 runs in the last T20 International match and completely wiped out the hosts by a margin of 3-0 in the three-match series.

India reached 192 runs with Vaibhav’s two half-century partnerships.

After winning the toss of the coin and coming to bat first, India won the match with the help of Vaibhav’s brilliant half-century, his two half-century partnerships with Ishan Kishan (29 runs, 26 balls, four fours) and captain Shreyas Iyer (27 runs, 18 balls, two fours) and finally Rinku Singh’s swashbuckling innings (25 runs, 14 balls, one six, two fours). Made 192 on the wicket.

Ryan’s half-century effort could only reduce the margin of Zimbabwe’s defeat.

In reply, Mayank Yadav (3-29) and Yash Thakur (2-45) spoiled the start, then Zimbabwe’s wickets kept falling at regular intervals and Ryan Burl (54 not out, 43 balls, five fours) could only reduce the margin of defeat for the team with his half-century effort, which reached 157 runs for seven wickets.

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After losing four wickets for 65 in the eighth over, the highlight of Zimbabwe’s innings was the half-century partnership of 60 runs in 50 balls between Ryan and Wesley Madhevere (28 runs, 25 balls, two sixes, one four). Apart from these two, Ben Curran (20 runs, 19 balls, two fours), Dion Mayers (19 runs, 15 balls, one six, one four) and Brad Evans (14 runs, 13 balls, one six) could reach double figures.

Suryavanshi again established world record

Talking about ‘Player of the Match’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi, he again created a world record today. By scoring 50 runs in the first match of the series, he became the first international cricketer to score a fifty at the age of 15 and now he has also made the world record of scoring two half-centuries at this age.

gained momentum after a slow start

However, Suryavanshi made a slow start and scored only 11 runs in the first 10 balls. Then 15 runs in the next 10 balls and finally he completed his second T20 International half-century in 31 balls. As expected, some brilliant shots were also seen in Suryavanshi’s innings. He hit a four on a yorker by Brad Evans (2-41) and then hit a 102-metre six against off-spinner Sikandar Raza (1-40).

On the other hand, his opening partner Abhishek Sharma was out on a bad score for the sixth consecutive time. Fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani’s ball took the edge of his bat and went into the hands of wicketkeeper Taddi Marumani. Now the scores of Abhishek’s last six innings are 10, 16, 3, 1, 8, 2. This sequence started with the third T20 International match played against England in Nottingham last month.

Suryavanshi made two quick half-century partnerships with Kishan and Shreyas.

But Suryavanshi showed a lot of maturity and made a partnership of 75 runs in 50 balls with Ishan Kishan for the second wicket. After that, Shreyas Iyer along with Suryavanshi scored 50 runs in 29 balls. However, Suryavanshi was out after getting close to his century, when he was caught by Evans at long off off Madhevere’s ball.

After the dismissal of Suryavanshi and Shreyas, who won the ‘Player of the Series’ award with the highest score of 151 runs in three matches, the middle-order batsmen struggled to increase the run rate, scoring only 47 runs in the last five overs. But Rinku Singh took India close to 200 with a short but sharp innings.