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19th July , Harare (CRICKETNMORE)<\/strong> – A gritty Zimbabwe overcame a below-par India by 10 runs to draw their two-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series at the Harare Sports Club here on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Score 2nd T20I : India vs Zimbabwe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Opener Chamu Chibhabha's fighting knock of a 51-ball 67 lifted Zimbabwe to 145\/7 in 20 overs. In reply, India managed only 135\/9 in the allotted 20 overs to lose their second T20I match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Robin Uthappa's breezy knock of a 25-ball 42 gave India immense impetus but the visitors were reduced to 69\/5 in nine overs. Stuart Binny (25), debutant Sanju Samson (19) and Axar Patel (13) gave India a lot of hopes but their contributions were not enough.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Zimbabwe came into the match desperate to salvage some pride as they were blanked 0-3 in the One-Day International (ODI) series and also lost the first T20I by 54 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

They found their hero in right-hander Chibhabha, who registered his fourth T20I fifty and waged a lone battle as Indian bowlers took wickets at regular intervals to keep the hosts in check. The 28-year-old in-form batsman completed his half-century in 38 deliveries and hit nine fours during his stay.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Chibhabha, who scored two fifties in the three-match One-Day International (ODI) series, and Hamilton Masakadza (19) started positively. But India drew the first blood when Masakadza edged a medium-pacer Sandeep Sharma-delivery to wicketkeeper Robin Uthappa off the second ball of the third over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Later, medium pacer Mohit Sharma reduced Zimbabwe to 2\/48 in the sixth over by getting rid of Sikandar Raza (8), who captained the hosts after regular skipper Elton Chigumbura got injured. The right-handed batsman played but not with enough force to beat Samson at deep third man.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Chibhabha found support from Sean Williams (17) and they managed a 37-run third-wicket partnership that ended when the left-hander offered a return catch to young left-arm spinner Axar Patel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The hosts' innings struggled even in the death overs with Charles Conventry (4) failing to trouble the Indians as he was ruled leg before wicket (LBW) against all-rounder Binny. Chibhabha also perished, being bowled by medium fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Bhuvneshwar repeated his act when he dismantled the stumps of Craig Ervine (7). Lower-order bat Prosper Utseya (1) was dismissed by Mohit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For India, Bhuvneshwar and Mohit took two wickets each, while Binny, Sandeep and Axar picked a wicket apiece that helped the visitors restrict Zimbabwe to 145\/7.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In reply, India got off to a poor start, losing openers Ajinkya Rahane (4) and Murali Vijay (13) early. While skipper Rahane ran himself out, Tamil Nadu star Vijay was bowled by leg-spinner Graeme Cremer, who also removed Manish Pandey (0).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Karnataka batsman Uthappa found boundaries at will even though others were failing. He hit nine fours before offering a return catch to left-arm spinner Williams. Middle-order batsman Kedar Jadhav (5) found himself short of the crease at the bowler's end while taking a Binny's double. Taurai Muzarabani's direct throw from deep mid-wicket forced India to slump to 69\/5 in ninth over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Thereafter, Binny (24) and young Kerala wicketkeeper-batsman Samson (19) forged a 36-run stand for the sixth wicket to revive India's hopes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But Cremer struck again, taking his third wicket as Binny offered a catch to Chibhabha. Axar and Samson did their best but it was not enough.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For Zimbabwe, Cremer was the pick of the bowlers as he gave away only 18 runs while taking three wickets in four overs. Christopher Mpofu, Williams and Muzarabani picked up a wicket apiece that forced India to complete the tour with a solitary loss.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2015\/07\/india-vs-zimbabwe-2nd-t20i.jpg", "alt_img": "India vs Zimbabwe 2nd T20I Live Score", "alt_title": "India vs Zimbabwe", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Zimbabwe Beat India by 10 Runs, level series 1-1", "seo_desc": "Check out the live score of India vs Zimbabwe 2nd T20 International only on CRICKETNMORE", "seo_keywords": "Live Score India vs Zimbabwe, Match Result", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "india-vs-zimbabwe-2nd-t20i-live-score", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "3705", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2015-07-19 07:57:00", "updated": "2015-07-19 07:57:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2015-07-19 07:57:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2015-07-19 07:57:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/india-vs-zimbabwe-2nd-t20i-live-score-11149" }