The winner of the final match between India and West Indies will advance to the semi-finals from Group One. Both teams have two points each. Zimbabwe are out of the tournament after their second consecutive defeat.
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Openers Abhishek Sharma and Hardik Pandya hit aggressive half-centuries as India beat Zimbabwe by 72 runs in the second match of the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday. The victory revived India's hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
The winner of the final match between India and West Indies will make it to the semi-finals from Group One. The two teams have two points each. Zimbabwe is out of the tournament after its second consecutive defeat.
The home team, India, who were invited to bat after losing the toss in Chepauk, scored 254 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. West Indies scored 254-6 against Zimbabwe on Monday. This score is the second highest score in the Twenty20 World Cup. Sri Lanka had previously scored 260 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the 2007 World Cup.
Devrehate batsman Abhishek, who was dismissed for duck 3 times in 4 matches of this tournament, scored 55 runs in 30 balls. He hit 4 fours and a six. Abhishek shared a partnership of 48 runs with Sanju Samson for the first wicket and 72 runs with Ishan Kishan for the second wicket. Samson scored 24 runs in 15 balls with 1 four and 2 sixes and Kishan scored 38 runs in 24 balls with 4 fours and 1 six.
Hardik remained unbeaten on 50 runs in 23 balls. Hardik and Tilak Verma shared an unbeaten 84-run partnership in 31 balls. Hardik hit 2 fours and 4 sixes in 23 balls. Tilak remained unbeaten on 44 runs in 16 balls. He hit 3 fours and 4 sixes.
Despite Brian Bennett's unbeaten 97, Zimbabwe could only manage 184 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Bennett hit 8 fours and 6 sixes in 59 balls. Captain Sikandar Raja scored 31 runs in 21 balls with 2 fours and a six, while Tadiwanase Marumani scored 20 runs.
India's Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets. He gave away just 24 runs in 4 overs. Varun Chakraborty, Akshar Patel and Shivam Dubey took 1 wicket each.
