{"id":8099,"date":"2026-07-25T21:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/india-win-second-t20-in-zimbabwe-to-take-series-as-kishan-and-varma-shine\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T21:39:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:39:01","slug":"india-win-second-t20-in-zimbabwe-to-take-series-as-kishan-and-varma-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/india-win-second-t20-in-zimbabwe-to-take-series-as-kishan-and-varma-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"India win second T20 in Zimbabwe to take series as Kishan and Varma shine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma sets up 90-run win over Zimbabwe as India takes 2-0 lead in T20 series.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>India \u200cinflicted another heavy defeat on Zimbabwe when they \u2060won the \u2060second Twenty20 international at Harare Sports Club by 90 runs to secure their three-match \u2060series.<\/p>\n<p>Ishan Kishan scored 81 and Tilak Varma an unbeaten 60 as India amassed a formidable total of \u2060219-5 after being put into bat before dismissing Zimbabwe cheaply for 129 to secure the victory on Saturday.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/7\/25\/f1-needs-better-balance-between-business-and-sport-says-norris\">F1 needs better balance between business and sport, says Norris<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/7\/25\/scrutiny-of-wnba-intensifies-as-disarray-looms-over-all-star-festivities\">Scrutiny of WNBA intensifies as disarray looms over All-Star festivities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/7\/25\/commonwealth-games-gymnast-langtons-headfirst-crash-leads-to-concussion\">Gymnast Langton, 19, concussed after headfirst crash at Commonwealth Games<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/7\/25\/south-africas-le-clos-breaks-commonwealth-games-record-with-19th-medal\">Chad le Clos makes Commonwealth Games history with a record 19th medal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Kishan, whose runs came off 44 balls, and Tilak, who took 29 balls to get \u200cto 60, accelerated the scoring in the middle overs, taking advantage of bowling that was often too full.<\/p>\n<p>They put on 94 off 44 balls for the fourth wicket before Ishan was caught in the deep mistiming a slog at a wide delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe faced \u2060a record run chase and, although \u2060opener Brian Bennett offered some early hope, they were always up against it and were dismissed in 17.5 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett played an array of \u2060strokes for 32 runs off 19 balls before falling to Yash Thakur, who \u2060finished with 2-30 on his T20 \u2060international debut.<\/p>\n<p>Once Bennett had been dismissed, there was a steady fall of wickets, with the slow left-arm bowling of Abhishek Sharma producing the \u200cbest figures of 3-17.<\/p>\n<p>India won the opening match of the three-game series at the Harare Sports Club by \u200cseven \u200cwickets with 40 balls to spare.<\/p>\n<p>The last clash is on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma sets up 90-run win over Zimbabwe as India takes 2-0 lead in T20 series. India \u200cinflicted another heavy defeat on Zimbabwe when they \u2060won the \u2060second Twenty20 international at Harare Sports Club by 90 runs to secure their three-match \u2060series. 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