The Indian team won the third ODI against Zimbabwe by 13 runs. With this victory, Team India won the ODI series cleanly 3-0 under the captaincy of KL Rahul. Men in blue have won the toss and decided to bat first.
Indian team scored 289 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs on first batting in the last ODI of the series. In reply, Zimbabwe could only manage to score 276 runs in 49.3 overs. The host got all out in that score.
India equals the record for most matches won against Zimbabwe
With a 3-0 win in the series, the Indian team equaled the record of winning most matches against Zimbabwe. India equaled Pakistan’s record. The team Pakistan has played 62 matches against Zimbabwe so far and they have won 54 matches.
With this win, the Indian team has also achieved 54 wins in ODIs against Zimbabwe. However, Team India has played 66 matches against Zimbabwe. India took little more matches as compared to Pakistan.
Shubman Gill remained the hero of the series
Shubman Gill scored the most runs in the match for India. Gill scored the first century of his international career. This Punjabi batsman scored 130 runs in 97 balls. At the same time, Ishan Kishan also scored the second fifty of his ODI career in the match.
Similarly, he scored the highest runs in the series too. In the earlier ODI series too against the West Indies, Shubman becomes the highest run-getter of the series. He capitalized his chances and proved his selection correct for this format too.
Sikandar Raza tried to stop India from making the record. Zimbabwe’s all-rounder Sikandar Raza played a brilliant inning of 115 runs in 95 balls for their team. At one point it seemed that Sikandar would give victory to his team, but another centurion of the match Shubman Gill took a brilliant catch in Shardul Thakur’s ball and ended his innings.
