Team India won the consecutive second match of the three-match series against Zimbabwe by 5 wickets. With this, team India has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. With the brilliant performance of the bowlers, India had bowled out Zimbabwe for just 161 runs in 38.1 overs. Indian pacer Shardul Thakur took 3 wickets.
A unique record was made by Deepak Hooda in the match too in that match. Deepak set a unique cricketing world record after the Indian team defeated Zimbabwe in the 2nd ODI. Deepak Hooda has now been part of 16 Successive wins for India. It means India has won 16 consecutive wins in his presence in the playing XI.
India has won all the matches in Deepak’s presence
Hooda is proving the lucky charm for the Indian team. The team has won every match in which he played for India across formats. Deepak Hooda has played 7 ODIs and 9 T20Is for India till now. Interestingly all the matches were won by India.
With this victory, the Indian team has won the fourth consecutive series too in ODIs. Earlier, men in blue have defeated West Indies twice and England once this year. India’s run of winning the ODI series going continuously. While India is playing with youngsters and not with their first chosen XI in most of the series.
Team India has never lost ODI series since 1997 vs Zimbabwe
With this win, India won the 7th consecutive series against ZIM. The last time Zimbabwe’s team defeated India in an ODI series was in 1997. After this, India won the ODI series between the two teams in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2015, and 2016 consecutively. In the first ODI match, India won the match by 10 wickets. Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill added 192 runs for the win.
