Indian bowlers performed brilliantly and defeated Zimbabwe by 42 runs in the fifth T20 match. This is India's fourth consecutive win in the series. In which Shivam Dubey and Mukesh Kumar troubled the Zimbabwean batsmen with their excellent bowling. Fast bowler Mukesh Kumar bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets. Shivam Dubey bowled 4 overs and took 2 wickets for 25 runs. With this bat, he played an innings of 26 runs in 14 balls. Abhishek Sharma, Tushar Deshpande and Washington Sundar got 1-1 wickets.
For Zimbabwe, Dion Mayers once again played a good innings of 34 runs. Apart from him, Tadivanshe Murumani played an innings of 27 runs. After this, Faraz Akram played an innings of 30 runs but could not make his team win. Apart from these four batsmen, Brian Bennett scored 10 runs, no batsman from Zimbabwe could cross the double-digit mark.
Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, batting first, the Indian team tried to make a fast start but lost the wicket in the very first over. Captain Sikandar took the responsibility of bowling the first over. The first ball was a no ball and Yashasvi hit a huge six on it. After this, Yashasvi hit a brilliant six on the next ball and added 13 runs in just 3 balls. Raza gave the first blow to India by bowling Yashasvi on the third ball.
After which the Zimbabwe team bowled brilliantly and sent Abhishek Sharma to the pavilion for just 14 runs. After this, as soon as captain Gill's wicket fell, India's score became 3 wickets for 40 runs. After this, India's wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson played an innings of 58 runs. Apart from this, Riyan Parag scored 22 runs while Shivam Dubey played a brilliant innings of 26 runs in 14 balls. On the basis of which India scored 167 runs in 20 overs.