Following his facet’s sequence win in opposition to Zimbabwe, Indian all-rounder Riyan Parag, who made his worldwide debut on this sequence, mentioned that it was particular making his first look in Indian colors together with under-19 teammate Abhishek Sharma and lauded skipper Shubman Gill for his management expertise all through the five-match affair. A high-quality four-wicket spell by Mukesh Kumar and a half-century by Sanju Samson had been the highlights as India defeated Zimbabwe by 42 runs within the fifth and ultimate T20I at Harare to safe the sequence on Sunday.
Talking after the sport within the post-match presentation, Parag mentioned that everybody “wakened” after a loss within the first recreation. He additionally mentioned that he and Abhishek, each teammates from the 2018 U19 World Cup, opened their jerseys from the packaging collectively once they obtained it.
“We opened our jerseys collectively. I went to his room, he opened it first after which I did. We performed the 2018 World Cup collectively and for the subsequent 6 years we didn’t play, now we’re enjoying. Doing it with him was fairly particular,” mentioned Parag.
On his partnership with Rajasthan Royals (RR) teammate Sanju Samson, Parag mentioned that he had a chat with the wicketkeeper-batter about having a partnership like they used to have whereas batting for RR collectively at numbers three and 4, respectively.
“As soon as we had wickets in the long run, we may go massive and it was a tough wicket, glad we may do properly,” he added.
On enjoying with skipper Gill, Parag mentioned that it was good enjoying beneath Gill, who has been enjoying with him since he was in under-16 cricket.
“He has been like a captain, even when he was not captain. Within the discipline, he has been distinctive,” he added.
Parag didn’t have a memorable debut although, coming after scoring 573 runs in 16 matches within the IPL 2024 for RR. He may rating simply 24 runs in two innings and didn’t get any wicket.
India has gained the sequence 4-1.
Coming to the match, Zimbabwe gained the toss and elected to discipline first. That they had India at 40/3 at one level till a 65-run partnership between Sanju Samson (58 in 45 balls, with a 4 and 4 sixes) and Riyan Parag (22 in 24 balls, with a six) and a high-quality cameo from Shivam Dube (26 in 12 balls, with two fours and two sixes) took India to 167/6 of their 20 overs.
Blessing Muzarbani (2/19) was the decide of the bowlers for Zimbabwe. Richard Ngarva, Sikandar Raza, and Brandon Mavuta additionally obtained a wicket every.
Within the run-chase, Zimbabwe had a high-quality begin and was within the recreation for a great period of time, till Shivam Dube (2/25) delivered a game-changing spell and a fast run-out of Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza. Dion Myers (34 in 32 balls, with 4 boundaries and a six), Tadiwanashe Marumani (27 in 24 balls, with 5 fours) and Faraz Akram (27 in 13 balls, with two fours and two sixes) put up a struggle for Zimbabwe, however Mukesh Kumar (4/22) cleaned up the tail.
Zimbabwe was bundled out for 125 runs, dropping by 42 runs with 9 balls left.
Shivam secured the ‘Participant of the Match’ award for his all-round efficiency. Washington Sundar, who scored 28 runs in two innings with the very best rating of 27 and took eight wickets within the sequence, was given the ‘Participant of the Sequence’ award.
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