excelled in the batting and bowling departments and won by 71 runs to top
the Group-2 points table. As a result, they will have to play a knockout
match against England, who are 2nd in the Group-1 points table. The match
will start on November 10, 2022 (Thursday) at 1:30 PM. The first semi-final
match between New Zealand, who topped the Group-1 points table, and
Pakistan, who are at the 2nd position in Group-2, will be held on October
9. And when it comes to the match against Zimbabwe, the Indian pacers
are booming.
They took crucial wickets for a low score and dealt an irreparable blow to
Zimbabwe. With this, 17.2 overs were played and they were bowled out for
115 runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshadeep Singh who managed to control the
runs in the beginning took a wicket each and instilled confidence in the
other bowlers.
After that, spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets, pacers Mohammad
Shami, Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets each and Akshar Patel took 1 wicket.
Suryakumar Yadav, who played a vital role in Team India’s victory, was
awarded the ‘Player of the Match’ award. In this match, team India won the
toss and chose to bat. They set a huge target of 187 runs for the opponent
after losing 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. KL Rahul, who scored a
half-century against Bangladesh, scored 51 runs in this match as well.
Suryakumar Yadav, who scored 61 runs off 25 balls, played a key role in
India’s huge score. Formed a good partnership with Hardik Pandya. Surya
remained unbeaten against the Zimbabwe bowlers with 4 sixes and 6 fours.
Captain Rohit Sharma once again disappointed. He was dismissed at a
personal score of 15 runs. Virat Kohli looked untroubled with 26 runs.
Rishabh Pant, who got a place in the current World Cup Indian team for the
first time, failed. He faced only 3 runs off 5 balls. After that, Hardik
Pandya (18) and Akshar Patel (0 not out) scored runs each. After that,
Hardik Pandya (18) and Akshar Patel (0 not out) scored runs each. The
Zimbabwean bowlers looked like they were tying up the Indian batsmen in the
beginning. But the Indian batsmen could not stop the run rate as they
increased their speed. Sean Willians took 2 wickets. Garawa, Mujarabani and
Sikandar Raza took wickets.
