India won by 72 runs
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl
Player of the Match Hardik Pandya
India vs Zimbabwe finished India won by 72 runs. The match is part of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup - 48th Match. It was played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Date: Thursday, 26 February 2026. Player of the match: Hardik Pandya. Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl
India Innings 256/4 (20 ov). Top scorer: Abhishek Sharma 55 (30). Best bowling: Richard Ngarava 1/62.
Zimbabwe Innings 184/6 (20 ov). Top scorer: Brian Bennett 97 (59). Best bowling: Arshdeep Singh 3/24.
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanju Samson(RHB) | c Burl b Muzarabani | 24 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 160 |
| Abhishek Sharma(LHB) | c Raza b Maposa | 55 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 183 |
| Ishan Kishan(LHB) | c Ngarava b Raza | 38 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 158 |
| Suryakumar Yadav(RHB) | c Musekiwa b Ngarava | 33 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 254 |
| Hardik Pandya(RHB) | not out | 50 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 217 |
| Tilak Varma(LHB) | not out | 44 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 275 |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 7, nb 1) | 12 | ||||
| Total | (20 ov) | 256 | ||||
1-48 (Sanju Samson, 3.4 ov), 2-120 (Ishan Kishan, 10.4 ov), 3-150 (Abhishek Sharma, 12.5 ov), 4-172 (Suryakumar Yadav, 14.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Ngarava | 4 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 15.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Blessing Muzarabani | 4 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 10.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Tinotenda Maposa | 2 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| Brad Evans | 4 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Sikandar Raza | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 9.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Bennett | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Burl(LB) | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Bennett(RHB) | not out | 97 | 59 | 8 | 6 | 164 |
| Tadiwanashe Marumani(LHB) | c Kishan b Patel | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
| Dion Myers(RHB) | c Varma b Chakaravarthy | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Sikandar Raza(RHB) | c Sharma b Singh | 31 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 148 |
| Ryan Burl(LHB) | lbw b Singh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Munyonga(RHB) | b Singh | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 183 |
| Tashinga Musekiwa | c Samson b Dube | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175 |
| Brad Evans(RHB) | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 1, w 7, nb 2) | 11 | ||||
| Total | (20 ov) | 184 | ||||
1-44 (Tadiwanashe Marumani, 6.2 ov), 2-72 (Dion Myers, 9.3 ov), 3-144 (Sikandar Raza, 16.2 ov), 4-144 (Ryan Burl, 16.4 ov), 5-162 (Tony Munyonga, 18.2 ov), 6-173 (Tashinga Musekiwa, 19.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Hardik Pandya | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 8.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 8.75 | 2 | 0 |
| Shivam Dube | 2 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 2 |
