After suffering a defeat in the first match of the series, the Indian side, which had just emerged victorious in the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup 2024, staged a remarkable comeback to win the subsequent four games in a row, ultimately claiming a 4-1 victory in the five-match series. As a result of being allowed to bat first and scoring 167 runs, the Men in Blue were able to secure a victory over Zimbabwe in the fifth and final Twenty20 International match, which took place at the Harare Sports Club.
While Shivam Dube grabbed two wickets, Mukesh Kumar took four wickets for his team. The visitors were able to secure the victory thanks to the contributions of Tushar Deshpande, Washington Sundar, and Abhishek Sharma, who each took home one. During the festivities, the phrase “Shubman Gill is selfish” was the most popular trending topic on X, which was formerly known as Twitter. So why was this becoming so popular?
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Fans claim that he played a selfish innings in the fourth Twenty20 International, which prevented Yashasvi Jaiswal from attaining his century by putting his half-century ahead of his century throughout the match. In addition, there are others who believe that he did not move himself down the order but instead forced Abhishek Sharma to bat at one down, despite the fact that Sharma had previously scored a century. Some people also brought out the fact that Ruturaj Gaikwad was benched for the final game, despite the fact that he had been doing well.
Sanju Samson, who scored 58 runs off 45 balls, and Riyan Parag formed a partnership for Team India in the fifth round. This came after Yashasvi Jaiswal was bowled for 12 runs off 5 balls, Shubman Gill was dismissed for 13 runs off 14, and Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for 14 runs off 11 balls. Shivam Dube, who was dropped by Sikandar Raza, was run out on the same delivery as Rinku Singh, who was 11 off 9, due to a miscommunication between the two of them. Only one ball was faced by Washington Sundar, and he managed to score a single.
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Blessing Muzarabani took two wickets for Zimbabwe, and Sikandar Raza, the captain of the South African team, was the one who started the day by drawing the first blood. Additionally, one was acquired by each of Richard Ngarava and Brandon Mavuta.Groups::
Shubman Gill played as captain, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson was the wicketkeeper, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, and Mukesh Kumar were the other members of India’s playing eleven.
Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza serving as captain, Johnathan Campbell, Faraz Akram, Clive Madande serving as wicketkeeper, Brandon Mavuta, Richard Ngarava, and Blessing Muzarabani are the members of Zimbabwe’s playing eleven.