ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 1

India v Zimbabwe

India 256/4 20 ov
Zimbabwe 184/6 20 ov

India won by 72 runs

Venue
MA Chidambaram Stadium
Date
Thu, 26 February 2026
Toss
Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field
Player of the match
Hardik Pandya

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made India 62% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field.

India win

Zimbabwe win

India batZimbabwe chase 257

Turning point −8 to Zimbabwe. 3.4, first innings: Blessing Muzarabani to Sanju Samson, wicket, 48/1. India went from 80% to 72%.

Moved it most TT Maposa −14.8 · Richard Ngarava −9.8 · Abhishek Sharma +7.3 · Brad Evans −6.9

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Sanju Samsonc RP Burl b B Muzarabani241512160.0+2.0
Abhishek Sharmac Sikandar Raza b TT Maposa553044183.3+7.3
Ishan Kishanc R Ngarava b Sikandar Raza382441158.3+2.5
Suryakumar Yadavc T Musekiwa b R Ngarava331332253.8+5.4
Hardik Pandyanot out50*2324217.4+3.2
Tilak Varmanot out44*1634275.0+4.7
Extras lb 4, w 7, nb 112
Total 20 ov, 12.80 an over256/4

Did not bat Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah

Fall of wickets 48-1 (Samson, 3.4), 120-2 (Kishan, 10.4), 150-3 (Sharma, 12.5), 172-4 (Yadav, 14.5)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Richard Ngarava4062115.50510−9.8
Blessing Muzarabani4043110.75500+6.0
TT Maposa2040120.00231−14.8
Brad Evans4052013.00720−6.9
Sikandar Raza302919.67400−4.1
Brian Bennett201608.00100+0.7
Ryan Burl1010010.00210−0.6

Win is the win chance a player added for his side, in points (100 = a match turned round): batting in the top table, bowling in the bottom. Point at or tap a player to see his balls on the chart.

Ball by ball

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The balls that decided it