"Cheap Politics Ruining Rutu's Career"- Top 10 funny memes after India's comfortable win vs Zimbabwe in 5th T20I
Team India beat Zimbabwe comfortably by 42 runs in the fifth T20I on Sunday, July 14, at the Harare Sports Club in Harare. Courtesy of the win, the visitors won the five-match series by a 4-1 margin. Zimbabwe won the first T20I and showed some promise but suffered four consecutive losses to cap off the series on a disappointing note.
Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza won the toss and opted to bowl first in the contest. Sanju Samson (58) anchored the innings for India with a half-century and helped them reach a decent total of 167/6 in 20 overs. Shivam Dube played a vital cameo of 26 (12) in the death overs to finish the innings well for the visitors. Blessing Muzarabani starred for Zimbabwe in the bowling department with an impressive spell of 4-0-19-2.
Mukesh Kumar (4/22) and Dube (2/25) then combined to bundle out Zimbabwe for 125 in 18.3 overs as India won the match by 42 runs. Dion Myers (34), Tadiwanashe Marumani (27), and Faraz Akram (27) provided some resistance with the bat, but they did not get much assistance from their teammates.
Fans enjoyed the fifth T20I between the two teams on Sunday. They expressed their reactions to the match by sharing hilarious memes on X and Instagram.
Here are some of the best memes:
"Batting wise, we are still below par" - Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza after loss vs India in 5th T20I
At the post-match presentation, Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza reflected on the disappointing loss, saying:
"Blessing really bowled throughout the whole series. Batting wise, we are still below par. But we are certainly improving, one bad game here and there is okay. But what will be a grey area for me will be our fielding, we were poor, we can improve certainly. Unfortunately, Richard (Ngarava) missed out in the start. To have him in the team fit is a blessing."
On his plans after this series, Raza continued:
"For me, my workload needs to be managed. I have not played white-ball cricket for the last couple of years, my shoulder is not a 100%. I do not want to be someone who just gets the jersey, I have a lot of respect for the domestic guys who have put up all the runs. I will be heading for The Hundred Competition, it is a white-ball tournament; looking forward to that."
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