IND vs ZIM, 5th T20I Highlights: India beat Zimbabwe by 42 runs, clinch five-match series 4-1

What a hit by Samson! Straight down the ground. A full tossed up delivery outside off wanting to be hit and Samson smashes it onto the roof. 110m is the distance. And follows it up with another six and this time over extra-cover. 15 runs from the over.

IND 95/3 in 12 Overs

Another fine over by skipper Raza. Indian batters finding it tough to score boundaries. Just 5 runs from it.

IND 80/3 in 11 Overs

Parag frees his arms too as he whacks leggie Mavuta for a big six over deep mid-wicket. A half-tracker on the stumps and Parag nails it to perfection. 11 runs from the over.

IND 75/3 in 10 Overs

Samson shows his intentions to Raza as he comes down the track and takes the tossed up delivery to hit it straight down the ground for a six. 8 runs from the over.

IND 64/3 in 9 Overs

Leg-spinner Mavuta starts off with a fine over. Just five runs from it. India need to regroup with Samson and Parag in the middle.

IND 49/3 in 7 Overs

Same script as Abhishek. Gill first gets a life in the over and then gets out later. Ngarava lands a short ball outside off and Gill tries to pull it, but it goes straight to Raza at mid on.

IND 40/3 in 5 Overs

Gill gets a life too as Campbell drops him at third man. Short of length ball outside of and he slashes it but somehow gets away.

Abhishek once again tries to go over the off-side and edges it behind. Madande takes the catch and Muzarabani with the wicket. India have a good start but have lost two wickets inside four overs.

IND 38/2 in 3.5 Overs

Abhishek charges down the track and tries to play it over cover point, but only to find Bennett who jumps to grab it but could not hold it.

Abhishek Sharma welcomes Faraz Akram with a big six over deep mid-wicket. And later Gill hits back-to-back fours. 16 runs from the over.

IND 33/1 in 3 Overs

Ngarava starts off well as he gives away just 2 runs from his opening over. India cautious after losing Jaiswal as early as in the first over.

IND 17/1 in 2 Overs

Raza keeps his cool despite being hit for two back-to-back sixes by Jaiswal. Raza comes up with a yorker-length ball into Jaiswal's toes around leg stump, and he's been beaten for pace with the quicker ball. Jaiswal's leg-stump is pegged back.

IND 13/1 in 0.4 Over

Jaiswal welcomes Raza, who bowls a full toss, with a six. It's a slog sweep over midwicket. It's a no ball too and Jaiswal hits another six on a free hit.

Sikandar Raza has finally ended the coin-toss jinx as India have won the toss all four times this series before this one.

After being handed a 10-wicket thrashing by India in the fourth T20I at the Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza said Saturday’s match warrants one to doff their hat to the scintillating batting display from Yashasvi Jaiswal and captain Shubman Gill.

Left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed took 2-32 in a collective bowling show for India to keep Zimbabwe to 152/7 in 20 overs. Raza stepped up to take Zimbabwe out of a mid-innings wobble and take them past 150 with a 28-ball 46, laced with two fours and three sixes at a strike rate of 164.29.

But in reply, Jaiswal (93 not out) and Gill (58 not out) carried their bats throughout the chase to hunt down the target in just 15.2 overs and get a big win as well as the series with 28 balls to spare.

India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal hammered an unbeaten 93 off 53 balls in the fourth T20I against Zimbabwe to steer the side to an emphatic 10-wicket win in Harare on Saturday. The left-handed batter said he had an amazing experience with captain Shubman Gill during their match-winning 156-run unbeaten partnership.

Gill's 58 not out enabled Men in Blue to register their third consecutive win to clinch the five-match series 3-1 with the final game to be played on Sunday.

Squads:

India Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill(c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson(w), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel

Zimbabwe Squad: Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Faraz Akram, Clive Madande(w), Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Brandon Mavuta, Innocent Kaia, Antum Naqvi

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah on Saturday lauded the Team India for the manner in which they have clinched the T20I series against Zimbabwe and said top stuff from our young guns! .

Fine half-centuries from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill helped India secure a series win over Zimbabwe after beating the hosts by 10 wickets in the fourth T20I of the five-match series at Harare on Saturday.

In the match, India won the toss and put Zimbabwe on field first. A fine 63-run opening stand between Wessly Madhevere (25 in 24 balls, with four boundaries) and Tadiwanashe Marumani (32 in 31 balls, with three fours) gave Zimbabwe a steady start. Later, Indian bowlers started to take wickets at a regular rate, but skipper Sikandar Raza held one end steady with his knock of 46 in 28 balls, with two fours and three sixes. Zimbabwe posted 152/7 in their 20 overs.

India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal revealed that he and captain Shubman Gill were batting with the aim of winning the fourth T20I against Zimbabwe without losing any wickets, focusing on the team's victory rather than thinking about individual scores.

Chasing 153, Jaiswal and Gill went hammer and tongs to knock off the target in 15.2 overs, recording only the second instance of India beating Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in a T20I on Saturday.

There was no way that Zimbabwe could have stopped the run-feast as towards the end, the bigger interest was whether the two flag bearers of Indian batting into the next decade could reach their individual milestones of half-century and century.

It was Gill, who got his fifty and that didn't leave Jaiswal with enough runs to complete his hundred.

Jaiswal, who had to sit out during the T20 World Cup campaign hardly looked rusty, playing shots all around the wicket.

The thumping bowler's back-drive off rival skipper Sikandar Raza was delightful and equally stylish was the pick-up pull off Richard Ngarava for a six.

The lack of pace in Zimbabwean attack on a good wicket became home team's undoing as the dominant Jaiswal had reached his half-century with nine boundaries when the skipper was yet to reach 15.

Yashasvi Jaiswal's flair was complemented by skipper Shubman Gill's poise as young Indian team cantered to a 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the fourth T20 International, taking an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.

This is the second time that India beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets after a similar-margin win at the same venue in 2016.

Jaiswal and Gill's approach was in complete contrast as the Mumbai southpaw went hammer and tongs during his unbeaten 93-run knock while the skipper (58 not out) was ready to play the second fiddle in a chase of 153 which was completed in 15.2 overs.

The target was made to look way easier than it should have been on a track that had good bounce and carry.