Chennai, February 27 (). Team India defeated Zimbabwe by 72 runs in the T20 World Cup 2026 on Thursday. This match between the two teams was played at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium. During this match, a shameful record was registered in the name of Zimbabwean fast bowler Tinotenda Maposa in the debut match of the T20 World Cup.
Maphosa has registered in his name the shameful record of bowling the second most expensive over in the debut match of the T20 World Cup. He spent 23 runs in the third over of the Indian team and the first over of his spell. He also bowled one no-ball and two wides in this over. Sanju Samson hit one six and two fours in this over of Maposa.
It is noteworthy that the shameful record of bowling the most expensive over in the T20 World Cup is held in the name of Steve Tikolo. In 2007, Tikolo gave away 25 runs in his World Cup debut over against Sri Lanka.
In the match, the Indian team batted first after losing the toss and scored 256 runs on the scoreboard after losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. On behalf of the team, Abhishek Sharma batted brilliantly and played a strong inning of 55 runs in 30 balls. At the same time, Hardik Pandya, playing in a explosive style, scored 50 runs in just 23 balls. In the last overs, Tilak Verma batted brilliantly and played a explosive inning of 44 runs in just 16 balls.
Chasing the target of 257 runs, Zimbabwe team could score only 184 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. On behalf of the team, Brian Bennett batted brilliantly and scored 97 runs on 59 balls. However, he could not get support from the rest of the batsmen. In bowling, Arshdeep Singh bowled brilliantly for India and took 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs, while Varun Chakraborty and Akshar Patel took one wicket each.
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