Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

BJ Bennett
BJ Bennett
97(59) 8x4 - 6x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 20 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
8 0 6 5 18 12 19 29
Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma
55(30) 4x4 - 4x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 18 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
5 0 3 2 2 29 8 6

Best performances - Bowlers

Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep Singh
O4
M0
R24
W3
Eco6
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Sikandar Raza
Sikandar Raza
O3
M0
R29
W1
Eco9.66
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Zimbabwe , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20

Match days

26 February 2026 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

India 2, Zimbabwe 0

Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: Ashish Pant

END OF OVER:
20 | 20 Runs 1 Wkt | ZIM: 184/6 (73 runs required, RR: 9.20)

  • Brian Bennett97 (59b)
  • Brad Evans1 (1b)
  • Shivam Dube2-0-46-1
  • Arshdeep Singh4-0-24-3

Righto, a win is a win as the India captain puts it but the bowling needs to tighten up against West Indies in what will be a knockout clash on Sunday. If you missed any of the action, Sid Monga's report has you covered.. That will be it from us tonight, thanks for tuning in. Until tomorrow, this is me Ashish Pant, signing off on behalf of Ekanth, Raghav and Sudeep. Ciao!

Suryakumar Yadav, the India captain: We wanted to leave everything behind, the last game, the group stage. There was contributions from all batters and that was heartening to see. We could have been been more clinical with the ball but a win is a win. We need to tighten out screws ahead of the WI game. Don't want to take any credit away from Zimbabwe batters. The way they batted was very smart. From the bowling point of view, we could have been smarter. When we are in such situations, we need to be courageous. When we reach Kolkata we will think of the plans

Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwe captain: Last game it was 250 and there was rush in the batting line-up. Today, we were composed in the first six overs and we gave ourselves a chance. [Bowling] We could have had our defensive plans in place a little better. Once the train goes on, it is hard to stop. We could have restricted them to 210-220 and then you never know. Bowling and fielding we could have done better. The last game taught us how to go about chasing a big total. Not to make an excuse but there are a lot of youngsters in the team, who are playing their first WC, playing in India for the first time. What I am looking forward is a better performance in the field and the batting can be like this. One lax and the game runs away from you. We can sought out all three departments and it will be better

Hardik Pandya is the player of the match: [On his innings] Pretty happy. It sounds like a 23-ball fifty but I had to reassess. I was trying too hard but at the middle I realised I was trying to hit the ball too hard. Then I realized I could time the ball as well. So I did that. We were all were keeping an eye on the other game. Now it's about keeping our skillset. Now we just want to put our best foot forward. Once that [SA-WI] was over, we focused on this game. [Bowling] Pretty good. I like bowling with the new ball. God has been kind. I can ball the inswing and outswing. So, pretty satisfied. I still have to bowl one over to bowl, which I will now

10.34pm Bennett ends with an unbeaten 97 off 59 balls, his innings laced with eight fours and four sixes. Zimbabwe were never really in the chase but they still managed to reach 184 for 6, which was a spirited performance by the batters. Arshdeep Singh was superb with the ball, picking up 3 for 24 while Varun, Axar and Dube managed a wicket each. What does this result do? it means that South Africa have qualified for the semi-final and the India-West Indies game on Sunday will be a virtual quarter-final.

19.6
4
Dube to Bennett, FOUR, Bennett ends on an unbeaten 97 but India win the game comfortably by 72 runs. The match was setup by the batters who amassed 256 for 4. That was always going to be an improbable chase but Zimbabwe gave it a go. Bennett was the one who stood tall. Ends the match by whipping Dube in the gap between deep backward square leg and deep midwicket for four
19.5
6
Dube to Bennett, SIX, Bennett into the 90s. Slower legcutter on middle and leg, he backs away and swats that over deep backward square leg for a huge six
19.4
1
Dube to Evans, 1 run, Slower back of a hand slower ball on middle and leg, he works this to deep midwicket for a run

Here's Brad Evans

19.3
W
Dube to Musekiwa, OUT, That's a super catch from Samson. Slower legcutter on off stump, Musekiwa looks to hammer that across the line out of Chennai. Gets a thick outside edge that flies to the right of Samson, who dives and takes a one-handed catch

T Musekiwa c †Samson b Dube 7 (7m 4b 0x4 1x6) SR: 175

19.2
6
Dube to Musekiwa, SIX, Going, going, gone! In the arc outside off stumps, Musekiwa backs away and hammers that straight over the bowler's head

Free-hit stays

19.2
1w
Dube to Musekiwa, 1 wide, Now a wide on height. Banged in halfway down the track and well outside off stump. Waaaay over the batter's head

Free-hit

Zimbabwe 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st44T MarumaniBJ Bennett
2nd28D MyersBJ Bennett
3rd72Sikandar RazaBJ Bennett
4th0RP BurlBJ Bennett
5th18BJ BennettT Munyonga
6th11BJ BennettT Musekiwa
7th11B EvansBJ Bennett

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super Eights, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33062.259
IND32140.106
WI31220.993
ZIM3030-3.415
Super Eights, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33061.096
NZ31131.39
PAK3113-0.123
SL3030-1.95
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND44082.5
PAK43160.976
USA42240.788
NED4132-1.217
NAM4040-3.108
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM43071.506
SL43161.741
AUS42241.523
IRE41230.15
OMA4040-4.845
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI44081.874
ENG43160.201
SCOT41320.184
ITA4132-1.02
NEP4132-1.349
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA44081.943
NZ43161.227
AFG42240.889
UAE4132-1.364
CAN4040-2.426