The Indian team performed strongly against Zimbabwe in the second T20 International match and defeated the opposing team by 100 runs. With this, Team India has leveled the five-match T20 series 1-1. Zimbabwe won the first T20I match by 13 runs. Correcting the mistakes made in the first match, the Indian batsmen performed brilliantly in the second T20 match. The Zimbabwean bowlers could not stand in front of the Indian batters and flopped badly.
Against Zimbabwe, Indian captain Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be right. In this match, India scored 234 runs while batting first. After this, the Zimbabwe team was all out for just 134 runs and could not even play the full 20 overs. In this way, Team India won the match by 100 runs. Team India has become the team to win the most matches by 100+ runs in T20 International cricket. India has broken the record of Pakistan and Australia. Pakistan and Australia have won 4 matches each by 100+ runs in T20 International cricket. Whereas the Indian team has won the fifth match by 100 plus runs in T20I cricket.
Teams with the most wins by 100+ runs in T20Is
- Indian team – 5 wins
- Pakistan – 4 wins
- Australia – 4 wins
- England – 3 wins
- Afghanistan – 3 wins
India’s five biggest wins in T20Is
The biggest win by the Indian team in T20Is was by 168 runs when the Indian team defeated New Zealand. India has won against Ireland by 143 runs, against South Africa by 106 runs and against Afghanistan by 101 runs and now they have won against Zimbabwe by 100 runs.
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Taking lessons from the defeat in the first match against Zimbabwe, Indian batters batted strongly in the second match. Abhishek Sharma scored a stormy century. He scored a century in just 46 balls. Apart from this, Ruturaj Gaikwad supported him well. He scored 77 runs. Apart from this, Rinku Singh contributed 48 runs. After this, the Zimbabwe batsmen could not stand in front of the bowlers and the whole team could score only 134 runs. For India, Avesh Khan and Mukesh Kumar took three wickets each.
