India beat Zimbabwe by 5 wickets in the second ODI to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Sanju Samson, who was not selected in India’s Asia Cup 2022 squad, helped Team India take an unbeaten 2-0 lead in the three-match (Cricket) series with a 5-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the second One Day International (ODI). Chasing Zimbabwe’s target of 162 runs, Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill gave India a strong start. After which Deepak Hooda and Samson gave victory to India. Samson scored an unbeaten 43 off 39 balls with the help of three fours and four sixes.
India bowled out Zimbabwe for 161 runs in 38.1 overs in the second ODI on Saturday thanks to a superb performance by the bowlers led by Shardul Thakur. Thakur, who was included in the team in place of the hero of the last match, Deepak Chahar, took full advantage of this opportunity and took three wickets by conceding 38 runs in seven overs. Mohammad Siraj, Famous Krishna, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Deepak Hooda got one wicket each. Two players were run out.
India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul (captain), Deepak Hooda, Sanju Samson (wicket keeper), Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Pranand Krishna, Mohammad Siraj
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Innocent Kaya, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Wesley Madhavare, Sean Williams, Sikander Raza, Razis Chakbwa (w/c), Ryan Burl, Luke Jongwe, Brad Evans, Victor Nyauchi, Tanaka Chiwanga
The bowlers of Zimbabwe gave a tremendous fight
Team India definitely won this match by 5 wickets but it is not wrong to say that the Zimbabwean bowlers put up a great fight. The Zimbabwean bowlers left no stone unturned to thwart the top order of the Indian bowlers. Captain KL Rahul, who registered a 10-wicket victory in the first ODI, was dismissed for 1 run, while Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill played an innings of 33 runs each. However, the target was so low that with the help of Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 43, India defeated Zimbabwe in 25.3 overs. On the other hand, Sean Williams scored 42 runs in 42 balls with the help of one six and three fours for Zimbabwe.