India vs Zimbabwe 2024, 2nd T20I: Toss result and playing XIs for today's match, umpires list and pitch report
India will take on Zimbabwe in the second T20I of the five-match series at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday, July 7. The Men in Blue will look to stage a fightback after having gone down in the first match of the series by 13 runs.
The Shubman Gill-led side fielded first after winning the toss in the first T20I. The bowlers did a good job of restricting the hosts to 115-9. Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi starred with 4-13 from his four overs, which included two maidens. Washington Sundar also impressed with 2-11.
However, Team India's batters stumbled in the chase. An inexperienced unit, which featured three debutants, was bowled out for 102 in 19.5 overs. Skipper Gill top-scored with 31 off 29, but the rest of the batters failed to make a significant contribution. For Zimbabwe, Tendai Chatara and Sikandar Raza claimed three wickets each.
Today's IND vs ZIM toss result
India have won the toss and have opted to bat first in the second T20I against Zimbabwe. Shubman Gill said:
“It's the same wicket as yesterday. It looks a bit drier than yesterday. It wasn't watered, just rolled, so the best opportunity for us to bat.”
India have made one change to the playing XI - Sai Sudharsan comes in place of Khaleel Ahmed.
IND vs ZIM - Today's match playing XIs
India: Shubman Gill (c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel (w), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar
Zimbabwe: Wesley Madhevere, Innocent Kaia, Brian Bennett, Sikandar Raza (c), Dion Myers, Clive Madande (wk), Johnathan Campbell, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara
Today's IND vs ZIM pitch report
As per Tino Mawoyo and Abhinav Mukund, the Indian players could not adapt to the conditions in the first T20I. They pointed out that wickets are coming from a back of a length. The fuller the ball is, the easier it is to get the runs. The batters are probably a bit too early playing the back-of-a-length deliveries.
Today's IND vs ZIM match players list
India squad: Shubman Gill (c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Tushar Deshpande, Sai Sudharsan, Harshit Rana, Jitesh Sharma
Zimbabwe squad: Wessly Madhevere, Innocent Kaia, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Johnathan Campbell, Sikandar Raza (c), Clive Madande (wk), Wellington Masakadza, Luke Jongwe, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara, Brandon Mavuta, Richard Ngarava, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Faraz Akram, Antum Naqvi
IND vs ZIM - Today's match umpires
On-field umpires: Forster Mutizwa, Langton Rusere
TV umpire: Iknow Chabi
Match Referee: Andy Pycroft