India are back to the No.1 position in the ICC Men’s T20I Team rankings after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series against Zimbabwe in Harare.
The current ICC Men’s T20 World Cup champions regained the top spot from England, who had dethroned the Men in Blue post a 4-0 T20I series win at home.
The Indian batters took charge in the second T20I against Zimbabwe, after a dominating victory in the first T20I which was led by the bowlers and a record knock by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
After losing two early wickets, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer came together to stitch a 66-run partnership, before Tilak Varma notched up a superb knock. (60 off 29 balls)
The highest scorer of the game, Kishan (81 off 44 balls) while speaking to the reporters post the match said, “We were down two wickets, but at the same time as a batter batting at no.3, your job is to just watch the ball and play your natural game.”
“You also have to understand the wicket, there were a lot of thoughts going in whether we want to end up getting 250, 230 or if the wicket is just about getting 170-180 runs.
“Shreyas Iyer came in and we just wanted to build a partnership and take the innings deep. And I think we executed our plans in a good manner.”
Chasing a tall target of 220, the Chevrons lost five wickets inside the first nine overs and were eventually bundled out for 129 as India took an unassailable lead in the T20I series.
The two teams will lock horns again on July 26, Sunday.