Watch the highlights of Zimbabwe vs India 1st T20I - 2026 India tour of Zimbabwe 3-match T20I series - The first Twenty20 International cricket match between Zimbabwe and India played at the Harare Sports Club, Harare on July 23, 2026.
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| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi blasted his maiden T20I fifty off just 18 balls © BCCI |
Match Overview:
Mayank Yadav and Prince Yadav's each two wickets before 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's record-breaking 18-ball fifty sets up to India comfortable seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe and take a 1-0 lead to ends their six-match losing streak in a one-sided first T20I.
Match Stats:
- India chased 126 was their third lowest successful run-chase against Zimbabwe in T20Is.
- India's 41-ball spare win was their tenth smallest victory by terms of balls remaining in T20 international and It is their second biggest win by terms-of-balls-remaining against Zimbabwe in T20Is after their 41-balls spare win at same venue in 2016.
- This is the second time Brian Bennett dismissed off the first ball of a T20I match - Brian Bennett became the first Zimbabwe batsman to dismissed off the first-ball of a T20I match against India.
- This is the 4th Ducks for Brian Bennett in T20 international, This is the second time Brian Bennett fall for a first-ball duck as opener in T20Is, previous time first-ball-duck-out as opener against Rwanda at Raipur at Nairobi (Ruaraka) in 2024.
- Brian Bennett became the third Zimbabwe opener to fall for a first-ball duck against India in T20Is after Wesley Madhewere and Innocent Kaia.
- Zimbabwe's 125 was their joint sixth lowest score in a completed innings against India in T20Is.
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi equalled a 18-ball joint sixth fastest fifty for India in T20 international, jointly with KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav and Abhishek Sharma and the fastest fifty by an Indian batsman against Zimbabwe in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 23-ball half-century jointly held by Suryakumar Yadav (23-ball 50) at Melbourne in the 2022 T20 World Cup and Hardik Pandya (23-ball 50) at Chennai earlier in this year's T20 World Cup.
- 15y 118 days : Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to score a fifty in T20 international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 15y 240 days by Kushal Malla against USA at Kirtipur in 2020.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Zimbabwe scored 125-7 in 20 overs with top scorer by Wesley Madhewere cracked a 39 off 34-balls including 3-fours & a six.
Tadiwanashe Marumani hit a unbeaten 27 off 20-balls including 2-fours & a six and Ryan Burl scored 26 off 35-balls contained one-six & a four.
India best bowler by Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav both took 2-wickets and one for Ravi Bishnoi.
India chase down the target of 126 for 3 in 13.2 overs with top scorer by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hammered a career-best 50 off 19-balls including 4-sixes & 4-fours with strike rate of 263.15.
Ishan Kishan blasted a 35 off 24-balls including 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 145.83 and Shreyas Iyer hit a unbeaten 28 off 24-balls contained 3-fours.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Blessing Muzarabani took 2-wickets and one for Richard Ngarava.
Mayank Yadav named Player of the match for his brilliant bowling performance to took 2-wickets for 18-runs in 4-overs.
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