The fifth match of the five-match T20 series being played between India and Zimbabwe will be played today. Team India is leading 3-1 in this series and has also won the series. Zimbabwe won the first match of the series by 13 runs. After this, Team India made a comeback. The second match was won by 100 runs, the third by 23 runs and the fourth by 10 wickets.
There is little scope for change in the Indian playing XI in the fifth and final T20 match. On this tour, 5 players including Tushar Deshpande, Riyan Parag, Abhishek Sharma, Dhruv Jurel and Sai Sudarshan have made their debut for India. Deshpande started his international cricket career from the fourth match. Tushar took one wicket in his first match.
If we talk about the pitch here, the pitches of Harare Sports Club are suitable for batsmen and bowlers. So far 45 T20 international matches have been played in Harare. In this, the team batting first has won 26 matches. Here 24 matches have been won by the team winning the toss. The probability of winning the match on winning the toss here is 54.55%.
Talking about the fourth match here, India won the fourth T20 International match thanks to the unbeaten 93 runs of opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and the unbeaten 58 runs of captain Shubhman Gill along with an unbeaten partnership of 156 runs for the first wicket between the two. India defeated Zimbabwe by 10 wickets and took a 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
Probable playing XI for both teams-
India: Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande and Khaleel Ahmed.
Zimbabwe: Alexander Raza (captain), Tadiwanashe Murumani, Wesley Madhavre, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Jonathan Campbell, Clive Madande (wicketkeeper), Wellington Masakadza, Richard Ngarawa, Blessing Muzarabani Tendai Chatara.