Ireland beat Zimbabwe to register their second win in Test cricket in their ninth appearance in the longest format of the game. Andy McBrine starred for the hosts taking seven wickets with the ball and scoring 83 runs including an unbeaten 55 to help Ireland chase down a 158-run target.
Ireland will be looking to put the T20 World Cup disappointment behind and aim for their second Test win in their ninth appearance in the format. Having beaten Afghanistan earlier this year, Ireland will fancy their chances against Zimbabwe, who are playing a Test after almost 18 months.
Zimbabwe have also announced their squad for the Belfast Test. Craig Ervine will lead the side comprising veterans like Tendai Chatara and Sean Williams among others.
IND vs ZIM 4th T20I Live: After a shock defeat in the first game of the series, the Indian cricket team made a strong comeback by winning the last two games and took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club.
Captain Shubman Gill led by example by top-scoring with 66 runs off 49 balls and in-form Ruturaj Gaikwad smashed 49 runs off just 28 balls to help India post a challenging total of 182 in the third T20I against Zimbabwe.
India clinched another good win by 23 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match T20 series. It was a good all-round performance with both bat and the ball from India led by skipper Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad and finished off brilliantly with the ball by Washington Sundar taking three wickets.
IND vs ZIM, 2nd T20I: Young opener Abhishek Sharma smashed 100 runs off 47 balls and Ruturaj Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 77 off 47 balls to help India post the biggest-ever T20I total of 234 against Zimbabwe in Harare.
IND vs ZIM playing XIs, 2nd T20I: Indian captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bat first against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. The young batter Sai Sudharsan replaced a fast bowler in India's playing eleven after a shock defeat in the first game.
IND vs ZIM, 1st T20I: The new T20 world champions are set to begin a new chapter in Indian cricket history with Shubman Gill leading a new-look side in the five-match T20I series against Sikandar Raza's Zimbabwe in Harare.
IND vs ZIM Dream11 Prediction: Shubman Gill will be leading the Indian cricket team in their first T20I assignment after T20 World Cup 2024 glory last month. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube will miss out first two matches due to their involvement in the recent T20 World Cup.
IND vs ZIM pitch report, 1st T20I: The new T20 world champions will return to action against Zimbabwe in a five-match T20I series at Harare Sports Club starting on July 7. Shubman Gill is leading a young Indian side with uncapped players Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma raring for a debut.
"A lot of happiness is there. And Zimbabwe will have a special connection. Whenever I play my first match, it will be a special moment for that ground and myself, which will be very secret," said Riyan Parag ahead of the Zimbabwe series.
Punjab Kings will be without their senior all-rounder for the remainder of the 2024 edition of the IPL, who has left the tournament midway for national duty. Punjab Kings are currently in the eighth spot with three wins and have to win all of their remaining games to qualify for the playoffs.
The Sri Lankan all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga returned to international cricket after six months and made an impact with seven wickets in the third ODI game against Zimbabwe at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium on Thursday.
Sri Lanka are going to play their first game after their underwhelming ODI World Cup campaign in India which saw them finish ninth on the points table and fail to qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Kusal Mendis will lead Sri Lanka for the first time since being announced as their full-time captain. He led the Lankan Lions in seven games during the recently concluded ODI World Cup in India.
Zimbabwe are looking desperate to clinch the ongoing series against Ireland in order to put the disappointment of not qualifying for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 to bed. The 2nd T20I will be played on December 9.
Zimbabwe suffered a major disappointment at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier 2023. The Sikandar Raza-led side finished third in the tournament behind Namibia and Uganda.
Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Rwanda, Namibia, Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria are the six teams which are participating in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier 2023. Only two out of these six will earn qualification for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.
Zimbabwe have ridden on the batting heroics of Sikandar Raza and Sean Williams in the ongoing World Cup qualifiers as they are still unbeaten and look on course to seal their spot in the main tournament.
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