Zimbabwe vs India, 1st T20I: Harare Sports Club, 18th June 2016
ZIM 170/6 (20.0 Ovs)
IND 168/6 (20.0 Ovs)
Zimbabwe won by 2 runs
PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Elton Chigumbura 54(26)*

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The whole of Zimbabwe was doing the same. This is what they had to come to see after all. This is what the tour was all about for the thousands that had gathered around the ground anyway. MS Dhoni on strike on the last ball of a match and a boundary to get for victory. For Zimbabwean and Indian alike, this was their ‘I was there moment’. The most-celebrated artiste of the run-chase all set to perform his signature act.
Of course not everyone at the HSC was hoping that Dhoni lives up to his reputation. Not the ever-enthusiastic ground announcer, Daniel Mackenzie, for sure.
“Support your players. This is your team. This is your game,” he shouted into the mike for the umpteenth time on Saturday. At the top of his run-up with ball in hand, stood 24-year-old Neville Madziva playing only his 19th international match.
He had obviously heard all about the legend of Dhoni growing up. But here he was face-to-face with his reality. This was as much his moment as it was Dhoni’s. With all the off-side fielders manning the boundary, it was pretty evident what was coming his way?a wide and full delivery. And Dhoni to his credit tried as hard as he could to scythe it through the gap between deep-point and deep extra-cover. All he could manage to do though was to find one of them and cross over for a single. Dhoni had failed. Zimbabwe had won their second straight T20 against India. And the HSC duly erupted with rampant delight.
It would be easy, and probably logical in some ways, to pull up Dhoni as the ultimate culprit of the defeat, and raise doubts over his apparently diminishing aura. But it would be unfair.
For, the fact that he even found himself in a death or glory situation was the domino effect of those around him messing it up. And the ones really responsible for the upset were the likes of Axar Patel and Rishi Dhawan, who chose to go for glory themselves without letting Dhoni what he does best. It also showed that all the IPL experience that this squad has garnered doesn’t always hold good when donning national colours.

Historically and you just have to look at his spectacular finish in the IPL where he scored 23 off Patel Dhoni has always thrived on cutting it fine for himself at the end. But here it was the others who were cutting it fine for him. And we just found out that however great a finisher you are and whatever your reputation, it’s not possible to chase a total down from the non-striker’s end. In the end Dhoni’s hands were tied.
In the past we’ve seen Dhoni back himself to close the deal. But here with Patel striking it well, he chose to take a single off the first ball, hoping that the left-hander returns the favour. Instead, Patel decided to be the hero, and tried to swing a full delivery over the long-off boundary, only managing to find the fielder. In walked Rishi Dhawan.

IND vs ZM, Full Schedule:
Jun 11, Sat Zimbabwe vs India, 1st ODI
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:00 AM
07:00 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL
Jun 13, Mon Zimbabwe vs India, 2nd ODI
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:00 AM
07:00 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL
Jun 15, Wed Zimbabwe vs India, 3rd ODI
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:00 AM
07:00 AM GMT / 09:00 AM LOCAL
Jun 18, Sat Zimbabwe vs India, 1st T20I
Harare Sports Club, Harare
4:00 AM
11:00 AM GMT / 01:00 PM LOCAL
Jun 20, Mon Zimbabwe vs India, 2nd T20I
Harare Sports Club, Harare
4:00 AM
11:00 AM GMT / 01:00 PM LOCAL
Jun 22, Wed Zimbabwe vs India, 3rd T20I
Harare Sports Club, Harare
4:00 AM
11:00 AM GMT / 01:00 PM LOCAL

SQUADS FOR INDIA TOUR OF ZIMBABWE, 2016

India: MS Dhoni, Lokesh Rahul, Faiz Fazal, Manish Pandey, Karun Nair, Ambati Rayudu, Rishi Dhawan, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Barinder Sran, Mandeep Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal

Zimbabwe: Graeme Cremer, Chamu Chibhabha, Tendai Chisoro, Neville Madziva, Hamilton Masakadza, Peter Moor, Richmond Mutumbami, Vusi Sibanda, Donald Tiripano, Tendai Chatara, Elton Chigumbura, Craig Ervine, Timycen Maruma, Wellington Masakadza, Tawanda Mupariwa, Taurai Muzarabani, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams

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