India will need to win both of their last Super 8 matches by significant margins and South Africa will need to win both of their next matches to reach the knockouts. The MA Chidambaram Stadium wicket has proved to be one of the best batting wickets in this tournament in terms of both average and strike rate. The fast bowlers have found it very difficult to take wickets and restrict runs.
India vs Zimbabwe Chennai Pitch Report
The same black clay pitch will be used in the India-Zimbabwe match on Thursday (February 26) where New Zealand chased down a target of 183 runs against Afghanistan in just 17.5 overs. Hence, the Indian batsmen will try to put a big score on the board with aggressive batting.
The weather is expected to remain clear during this match, with the temperature hovering around 20 degrees Celsius. A total of 13 T20 matches have been played between India and Zimbabwe so far, of which India have won 10, while Zimbabwe have won 3. One of these matches was played in the World Cup, in which Team India won by 71 runs. Zimbabwe have never played a T20 match against India in India.
Indian Team: Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Akshar Patel, Sanju Patel, Sanju.
Zimbabwe Team: Tadiwanashe Marumani (wicketkeeper), Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Ryan Burl, Sikandar Raza (capt), Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Graeme Cramer, Blessing Muzarbani, Richard Ngarwa, T Madanfo, Clint Modernton, T. Maskadza
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