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Brandon Moyo
HAVING leveled the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe on Sunday, India have received reinforcements to their squad with the coming in of their T20 World Cup winning trio ahead of the third match at Harare Sports Club today.
India played the first two matches of the series without the trio of Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
They were part of the celebrations back home after a successful World Cup campaign in the West Indies.
With the coming in of the three World Cup winners, the youthful Indian side will be hoping to use their experience to their advantage as they look to take the series lead.
They joined the rest of the team at the back of India’s crushing 100-run win that saw them level the five-match T20I series 1-1 on Sunday afternoon.
Samson was spotted in India’s dugout on Sunday during the second match.
The Chevrons won the opening match of the series on Saturday by 13 runs after successfully defending their low total of 115 runs.
Zimbabwe was asked to bat first and were restricted to 115/9 in 20 overs before their bowlers came to the party withthe ball in hand to bowl out India for just 102 runs in 19,5 overs.
It was to be a different story in the second encounter on Sunday with the visitors going on to score a mammoth 234/2 in their 20 overs.
The Chevrons’ batting woes continued once again in that particular game, crumbling to 134 all out in 18,4 overs.
Fast bowler Richard Ngarava is likely to play if he is deemed fit by team doctors.
Ngarava is yet to get game time in this series owing to injury.
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter