India vs Zimbabwe Live Score, 5th T20I: IND 131/4 after 17 overs; Sanju Samson scores 50

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Muzarabani returns. Sanju Samson hits it for a FOUR! Sanju perishes next after scoring 58 off 45 balls. 

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Sanju gets to his 50 in 39 balls with a couple from Raza’s delivery. Shivam misses a full ross from the Zimbabwe skipper. Singles and doubles continue. Raza finishes his spell with 1/37 in 4 overs.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Ngarava returns to the attack. Soon, Sanju hits him for a SIX! A single brings Dube to face the left-handed Zimbabwe pacer. Shivam plays smart and nudges it to the Third Man for a single.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Mavuta bowls. Riyan tries to reverse-sweep and fails. Mavuta gets rewarded as Riyan gets out while trying to hit it for a SIX! 

It’s power-hitter Shivam Dube who comes next. Can he deliver today? Let’s see. Everyone remembers his important innings in the T20 World Cup final.

He takes a couple and then a SIX!

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Muzarabani returns. Sanju Samson looks eager as he takes a single. Riyan Parag tries to pull twice and misses both. The bounce is not as high as he expects. 

Sanju Samson has a chat with Riyan, who controls the next shot and takes a single. Muzarabani gives away just 4 runs in the over.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Akram is on to his third over. Singles in the over so far. Sanju takes a couple as India reach 100. India’s second 50 comes in 33 balls. It’s a single again.

Then, it’s a play-and-miss for Riyan.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: After bowling a couple of Dot Balls, Mavuta bowls a Wide Ball. Next, Sanju sends him out of the stadium. Zimbabwe now need a new ball. That’s the 300th six for Sanju in T20 cricket. Sanju backs it with another SIX over the Cover. It’s a 50-run partnership.

Sanju takes a single and goes to the non-striker’s end. Riyan takes one to end the over.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Raza comes to bowl his third over. Indian batters are playing him cautiously, taking singles and doubles.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Brandon Mavuta bowls. Riyan Parag has been quiet for some time. He picks up the length and hits a massive SIX! It’s on the roof!! Mavuta bowls a Wide Ball next. A single to end the over.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Raza returns to the attack. Sanju decides to counter-attack. He steps out and hits the Zimbabwe captain out of the park for a SIX! Sanju takes a tight single next. Raza is not happy because it needed a direct hit.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Akram comes to bowl again. This is his chance to better the numbers. He’s been expensive. Sanju and Riyan must be having good understanding as they batted a lot together for Rajasthan Royals (RR) in IPL 2024. 

Zimbabwe fielders fumble twice, and India take a couple of runs back-to-back. Akram bowls a Wide Ball next. 

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: With the Power Play done, Leg-Spinner Brandon Mavuta comes to bowl. Sanju takes a single in the second ball.

Indian batters are dealing in singles at the moment. They need to build a partnership. 

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: After not losing any wickets in the last match, India are 3 down in 5 overs. Riyan Parag comes to bat. Muzarabani starts with a vicious delivery to Sanju. He gets off the mark with a cheeky single.

 Riyan gets off the mark soon. Then, Sanju pushes one for a couple. 

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Johnathan Campbell, after dropping Abhishek, now drops a catch from Shubman Gill. This time, however, it was quite tough. Ngarava continues to trouble the India skipper.

A number of shots by Gill go straight to the fielder. Next, he perishes. Ngarava gets rewarded for his exceptional bowling. Sikandar Raza makes no mistake in taking the catch.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: It’s the fourth bowling change in four overs by Sikandar Raza. Blessing Muzarabani is brought to the attack. One chance in the Square goes begging as Abhishek’s catch is dropped in the first ball. And, it goes for a FOUR!

Muzarabani, however, continues to bowl a tight line. He is rewarded for his efforts. Abhishek gets out after playing and missing a couple of balls.

Sanju Samson comes to bat. This is his chance to deliver a performance worthy of his reputation.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Faraz Akram comes to bowl. Abhishek welcomes him with a SIX! In the same over, Gill sends him for a FOUR! Akram was expensive in the last match as well. He follows it up with another FOUR! First a classic Cover Drive and then a Cut!

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Shubman Gill faces the ball now. India have lost an early wicket after having an explosive start. Richard Ngarava starts with a widish ball. After 2 Dot Balls, Gill gets his first run.

More Dot Balls come. Abhishek takes a single to end the over.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Sikandar Raza starts the attack, and Jaiswal shows the mood of Indian batters by hitting him out of the park in the very first ball. It was a No Ball. In the Free Hit, Yashasvi sends it for another SIX! What a start by India!! 13 in 1 ball!!!

Raza pulls it down by bowling 2 consecutive Dot Balls. Then, He castles Jaiswal. India lose their first wicket!

Abhishek Sharma comes to bat and takes a couple of runs. 

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza said they would bowl first because the wickets would improve later. He emphasised their motivation and skills to finish the series well. Tendai Chatara rests after four games, and Brandon Mavuta joins the team.

India’s captain Shubman Gill mentioned he would have chosen to bat first. He praised the spinners and pacers for their performance and appreciated the players’ commitment to playing consecutive matches. Mukesh Kumar and Riyan Parag return to the side in place of Khaleel Ahmed and Ruturaj Gaikwad, respectively.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Zimbabwe have won the toss and decided to bowl first. This is the first time in the series that Indian captain Shubman Gill lost a toss.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: In the 4th match, Abhishek Sharma became the first Indian player to score a century and take a wicket in the same series in Men’s T20Is. In the 2nd match, Sharma hit a 100 off 46 balls. In the last match, he claimed his maiden international wicket.

India vs. Zimbabwe Live Score: Of the 15-member Indian squad, Harshit Rana is the only player yet to be included in the playing XI in Zimbabwe. The pacer, who played for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) that won IPL 2024, is waiting for his international debut.

With the series already sealed, will Shubman Gill give the Delhi boy a chance?

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) cheered for the Indian team ahead of the 5th T20I match. “One final round to finish on high!” it wrote on social media. 

Severan CSK boys, such as captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube and Tushar Deshpande, are on the national team in Zimbabwe.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: “What a way to clinch the T20I series! Top stuff from our young guns!” BCCI Secretary Jay Shah wrote on X (formerly Twitter) after India’s series victory. 

Shah praised Jaiswal and Gill and called them “spectacular with the bat in the run chase”. 

“Congratulations to the entire team and support staff on a fantastic series win,” he added.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: A fan reminded Jaiswal that he had missed the century in the 4th match and asked what he was discussing with Shubman Gill. The Indian opener said their entire focus was to win the match without losing any wickets. 

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Indian fans demand Yashasvi Jaiswal and Abhishek Sharma, both known for their explosive batting, to open the batting for India in the 5th T20I match. If that happens, skipper Shubman Gill will have to go down the batting order. 

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Shubman Gill has been accused of being a selfish player and captain. In the 4th match, when Yashasvi Jaiswal was at 83 runs and India needed 23 more to win, Gill should have let Jaiswal take the strike, they alleged. Jaiswal could have scored his second T20I century, according to them.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: “Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are showing signs of a formidable opening combo for India in T20Is,” the ICC said in a social media post. 

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: After his blistering knock of 93* off 53 balls, Yashasvi Jaiswal will be a key player to watch out for. Ravi Bishnoi has impressed in this tournament.

For Zimbabwe, skipper Sikandar Raza is likely to deliver another productive performance as the most experienced player in the team. Another batter who’ll be in focus is Dion Myers.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Teams batting first have won in 3 matches so far. In the 4th match, India comfortably chased 152/7. In the last match, Indian pacers went for runs and could not take any wickets.

Spinners, namely Abhishek Sharma and Washington Sundar, drew the first blood. Sikandar Raza was successful in attacking Indian bowler for his 28-ball 46. So were Indian openers. The pitch is expected to yield higher scores this time.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: India and Zimbabwe have played 12 T20I matches against each other. India have won 9 of those while Zimbabwe have won thrice. In the last 5 matches played between the two, India have won 4 times and Zimbabwe once. 

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: The match will start at 1 PM (local time). The temperature in Harare on July 14 afternoon will be around 24 degrees, as per AccuWeather. There’s no chance of rain. The humidity will be 21% at the start of the match and go down to 18% by the end of it.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Shubman Gill won the toss again, fourth time in a row. Zimbabwe scored 152/7 in 20 overs. India got to 156/0 in 15.2 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 93 off 53 balls while skipper Gill scored 58 off 38 balls. 

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: India saw the return of three more seasoned customers to the team: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube. Winning the toss and batting first again, India scored 182/4 in 20 overs. Zimbabwe fought back well but finished at 159/6.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Shubman Gill won the toss against and decided to bat first this time. Indian batters played like champions. Abhishek Sharma, in his second T20 match for India, scored a 46-ball 100. India scored 234/2 in 20 overs. Zimbabwe were all out for 134.

India vs Zimbabwe Live Score: Shubman Gill won the toss and asked Zimbabwe to bat first. Indian bowlers, particularly Ravi Bishnoi, did well and restricted the hosts to 115/9 in 20 overs. However, it was a batting disaster for the Men in Blue. India were all out for 102.