IND vs ZIM 4th T20: Shubman Gill's new team clinched the series with a thumping win in the fourth T20

IND vs ZIM 4th T20: Yashasvi Jaiswal's brilliant unbeaten innings of 93 runs have helped India take an unassailable lead in the series. With the victory in the fourth T20 match, Shubman Gill has won his first T20 series as Indian captain.

Ankush Pandey Ankush Pandey
Jul 13, 2024 - 15:08 Updated: Jul 13, 2024 - 15:12
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IND vs ZIM 4th T20: Shubman Gill's new team clinched the series with a thumping win in the fourth T20
Shubman Gill won his first series as Indian captain

INTRO

  • India took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the T20 series
  • Yashasvi Jaiswal played a brilliant innings of 93* runs
  • Shubman Gill won his first series as Indian captain

Shubman Gill's new team, India, defeated Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the fourth T20I of the series on Saturday, July 13. Playing at the Harare Stadium, Yashasvi Jaiswal's explosive innings of 93 runs helped India achieve the target of 153 runs in just 15.2 overs. Jaiswal, who returned from the T20 World Cup without playing a single match, showed why he is the future of India in the T20 format of the game.

The win helped Shubman Gill win his first series as India captain, which will be a relief, especially after missing out on the T20 World Cup 2024 and then losing the first match of the series. Gill played a key role along with Jaiswal and hit his second half-century of the tour.

ZIM vs. IND, 4th T20I Details

Jaiswal's innings (93* off 53 balls) were crucial for India against Zimbabwe in this match. To date, Indian batsmen have struggled to find rhythm in the early part of the innings, however, on Saturday, Jaiswal played with full force and led India to victory. The batsman played shots freely, hitting 13 fours and 2 sixes, which helped Gill (58* off 39 balls) play a patient innings, which helped the left-handed batsman.

The innings were also significant from Jaiswal's point of view, who is in direct competition with Abhishek Sharma, who hit a hundred in the second T20I of the game.

The openers easily chased down the target set to them on a beautiful batting deck in Harare. This was the first time the batsmen were able to dominate the powerplay against the new ball, and the Zimbabwe batsmen would be cursing themselves after failing to capitalize on a first-wicket stand of 63 runs.

After an early onslaught by openers Wesley Madhevere and Tadiwanashe Marumani, Zimbabwe was not able to maintain their momentum in the middle overs of the game. Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar continued to bowl well for India and were well supported by part-timer Abhishek Sharma, who bowled 3 overs himself and took 1 wicket for just 20 runs.

Apart from Ravi Bishnoi, the other five bowlers also took wickets, with Tushar Deshpande and Abhishek Sharma taking their first wickets in their international careers.

India is getting stronger in this series, the full effect of which was seen today when Zimbabwe performed brilliantly in all three departments of the game. After this match, India has to play another T20 match, which will be played on the same ground tomorrow.