India beat Zimbabwe by 71 runs. Pakistan beat Bangladesh and won the top spot by getting 6 points. But India regained its throne by defeating Zimbabwe. India had set a challenge of 187 runs for victory against Zimbabwe. But India wrapped up their innings for 115 runs. India is now at the top position with 8 points. India will now play England in the semi-finals on November 10.
The Indian bowlers gave Zimbabwe two shocks in the first two overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Vijli Madhavare for a run on the first ball. Arshdeep Singh also gave Zimbabwe another blow by dismissing Regis Chakabwa for zero.
After Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep Singh gave Zimbabwe two shocks, Hardik Pandya and Mohammed Shami also opened their wicket accounts. Pandya dismissed Craig Ervin (13) while Shami dismissed Sean Williams (11). Shami then dismissed Tony Monyonga for 5 to take Zimbabwe to 36 for 5.
Ashwin also gave Zimbabwe three blows while India’s fast bowlers gave Zimbabwe one blow after another. He dismissed Ryan Burl in the 14th over, who scored 35 off 22 balls. Then Masakadza and Ngarawala were dismissed for 1 run each in the 16th over to take Zimbabwe to 106 for 8. After this, Pandya scored 34 runs off 23 balls, dismissing the struggling Sikandar Raza to bring India closer to victory. Akshar Patel then took the last wicket to give India the win.
India made an aggressive start against Zimbabwe in their last match of the Super 12 round. But in the middle over, India was in trouble as India fell behind by three wickets. But Suryakumar Yadav batted brilliantly and gave India a big score. Suryakumar Yadav scored 61 runs in 25 balls to take India to 186 runs.