June 20, 2016 8:02 PM

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India beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in 2nd T20

India defeated Zimbabwe by ten wickets in the second T20 International cricket match in Harare today. Restricting Zimbabwe to 99 for 9 in the stipulated 20 overs, India achieved the victory target in 13.1 overs by scoring 103 without loss. K.L.Rahul with 47 and Mandeep Singh with 52 enabled India score a comprehensive victory against Zimbabwe. Earlier, electing to bat first, Zimbabwe were pushed to the backfoot as the duo of debutant Birender Sran and Jasprit Bumrah picked up seven wickets between them while giving away just 21 runs in eight overs. Sran finished with excellent figures of 4 for 21which is the second best globally. Before Sran, Pragyan Ojha held the Indian record with 4 for 21 against Bangladesh in 2009 World T20. With this victory, India are now at level with Zimbabwe. The opening game of the three match T20 series was won by Zimbabwe by just two runs. Earlier, India clinched the ODI series against the hosts 3-0.

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