Watch: India smash 21 runs off Richard Ngarava’s 19th over in IND vs ZIM T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8s
The two hard-hitting batters of the Indian side, Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya, smashed Richard Ngarva's 19th over of the innings for 21 runs, during the Super 8 clash between India and Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup 2026.
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India, who got bundled out for only 111 runs in the chase against South Africa at the Narendra Modi Stadium in the T20 World Cup 2026, looked like a different batting unit against Zimbabwe in their second Super 8 encounter of the campaign at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, as every single batter of the side fired up with big shots around the park.
At the start, they got a strong start from their opener, Abhishek Sharma, who celebrated his 26-ball half-century, while their captain, Suryakumar Yadav, also smashed a dashing knock of 33 runs in just 13 balls with the help of three boundaries and two sixes. But the onus was on the middle-order batters, Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma, to give them a firing end to the innings.
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On the first ball of the 19th over against Richard Ngarava, Hardik Pandya pulled the short ball hard and flat as the ball went to the boundary like a tracer bullet. There was no chance for the deep midwicket fielder.
Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma smash 21 runs in one over during IND vs ZIM T20 WC 2026
Two balls later on the penultimate over of the innings, Tilak Varma nailed the fourth ball for a massive six. It was another slower delivery on the off-stump as the batter opened the hip and whacked the length delivery for a massive six. It was a vital knock from Tilak, who didn’t enjoy a great tournament with the bat so far.
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On the very next delivery of the over, Varma again picked up the slower, juicy full toss and collapsed his back knee to get low and slog it high and love the midwicket for a massive six. He remained unbeaten on 44 runs in 16 balls with the help of three boundaries and four sixes at a strike rate of 275.
India finished with 256/4 in their allotted 20 overs as Hardik Pandya also claimed a fine 50 in just 23 balls with the help of two boundaries and four sixes. It became the second-highest score by a team in the T20 World Cup history.
Brief Scores: India 254/6 (Abhishek Sharma 55, Hardik Pandya 50*, Sikandar Raza 1/29) vs Zimbabwe 45/1 (Brian Bennett 23, Axar Patel 1/0)
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