Zimbabwe's Innings Progresses Against India: Madhevere Hits Big, Burl Falls

6

Overs16.1

Score96 - 5

Ravi Bishnoi to Wessly Madhevere, SIX! BANG! Wessly Madhevere goes big now. Floated, full and around middle, in the slot as well. Madhevere clears his front leg away, hits through the line, tonking it over the long on fence for a biggie.

4

Overs15.5

Score88 - 5

Ashok Sharma to Wessly Madhevere, FOUR! And again! Back of a length and on off, Wessly Madhevere lets the ball come to him. He opens the bat face and steers it away to the third man fence for another boundary.

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Overs15.2

Score80 - 5

Ashok Sharma to Wessly Madhevere, Short of a length and outside off, Wessly Madhevere looks to pull it away but has to reach out for it. He gets a top edge that drops in the vacant deep mid-wicket region. Two taken. The batters think about the third but decide against it.

1

Overs14.6

Score78 - 5

Prince Yadav to Wessly Madhevere, Attacking the stumps, on a length. Madhevere holds his shape and swings through the line. Launches it down towards long on with a straight bat. Tilak Varma moves to his left and tidies up as the ball gets to him on the bounce. Just a single.

2

Overs14.5

Score77 - 5

Prince Yadav to Wessly Madhevere, Fractionally short, on off and middle. Madhevere climbs all over it as he hammers the pull past mid-wicket. Rinku Singh is quick across the turf to his left and mops it up as he lobs it towards the converging Tilak Varma. Two taken.

4

Overs13.6

Score72 - 5

Ravi Bishnoi to Tadiwanashe Marumani, FOUR! Nicely done! Flighted delivery, targeting the leg pole as the left-hander shuffles towards the off side. Marumani gets down on a knee and rolls his wrists over the ball. Sweeps it hard all along the ground through backward square leg for his first boundary.

W

Overs13.1

Score64 - 5

Ravi Bishnoi to Ryan Burl, OUT! CAUGHT! High but not long enough. Ravi Bishnoi has his hands aloft in celebration. It is the googly, on a length, running across the left-hander. Burl gets down on a knee in a bid to go down the ground. The ball spins away and Ryan slices it down the throat of long off, where Tilak Varma backpedals and takes a reverse cup catch. Zimbabwe are now 64/5.

1

Overs12.5

Score63 - 4

Shivam Dube to Wessly Madhevere, Dube gets away with it as he strays on the pads. Wessly skips down the track and swipes it away to deep backward square leg for one. This was there to be put away, but Madhevere picked out the fielder.

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Overs12.2

Score61 - 4

Shivam Dube to Wessly Madhevere, Pace on now, on a good length, on middle. Madhevere backs away and swings at it. Ekes out an inside edge onto the pads and it rolls on the off side for a run.

1

Overs11.6

Score59 - 4

Ravi Bishnoi to Ryan Burl, Slower and fuller, outside off. Burl steps across and gets low to tonk it down the ground. He mistimes the lofted hit and it lands well in front of long on, where Prince Yadav charges in but to no avail. Single taken.

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Overs10.5

Score55 - 4

Shivam Dube to Ryan Burl, Rolls his fingers over the ball and it is fuller, on off. Burl tries to nudge it away but ends up chopping it down the strip.

0

Overs10.4

Score55 - 4

Shivam Dube to Ryan Burl, A bit more effort behind this ball, on off. Burl makes room to open up the off side. He gets his hands high to slap it away but misses.

6

Overs10.2

Score53 - 4

Shivam Dube to Ryan Burl, SIX! Ryan Burl finally gets one away. On a length, on middle. Burl gives himself room, exposing all three stumps and swings it away towards the deep mid-wicket fence for the first six of the game. The 50 is up for Zimbabwe.

DRINKS BREAK! VVS Laxman, India's head coach for the series, walks out for a quick chat with his players, though there isn't much to discuss given the professional manner in which India have gone about their business so far. Zimbabwe are going nowhere with their innings. They have been itching to break free, but India simply haven't allowed them to. The home side will have to take their chances but be smart about it, and who knows, one or two big overs could be all they need to get up and running. Shivam Dube returns with a change of ends.