India vs Zimbabwe Scorecard (Match 48), 26 Feb 2026

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2025/26

Completed

India

256/4

(20.0 ov)

Zimbabwe

184/6

(20.0 ov)

India won by 72 runs

Match 48 · T20 · 26 Feb 2026

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Key performer

BJ Bennett

Zimbabwe

97 (59) · 0/16

117

FANTASY PTS

Abhishek Sharma · India

55 (30) · 1 ct

Arshdeep Singh · India

3/24

SCORECARD

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
SV Samson c RP Burl b B Muzarabani	24	15	1	2
Abhishek Sharma c Sikandar Raza b TT Maposa	55	30	4	4
Ishan Kishan c R Ngarava b Sikandar Raza	38	24	4	1
SA Yadav c T Musekiwa b R Ngarava	33	13	3	2
HH Pandya not out	50	23	2	4
Tilak Varma not out	44	16	3	4

Extras 12 (wd 7, nb 1, b 0, lb 4)

Bowler	O	R	W
R Ngarava (1wd)	4.0	62	1
B Muzarabani	4.0	43	1
TT Maposa (3wd, 1nb)	2.0	40	1
B Evans (2wd)	4.0	52	0
Sikandar Raza	3.0	29	1
BJ Bennett	2.0	16	0
RP Burl (1wd)	1.0	10	0

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
BJ Bennett not out	97	59	8	6
T Marumani c Ishan Kishan b AR Patel	20	20	0	2
D Myers c Tilak Varma b CV Varun	6	9	0	0
Sikandar Raza c Abhishek Sharma b Arshdeep Singh	31	21	2	2
RP Burl lbw b Arshdeep Singh	0	2	0	0
T Munyonga b Arshdeep Singh	11	6	2	0
T Musekiwa c SV Samson b S Dube	7	4	0	1
B Evans not out	1	1	0	0

Extras 11 (wd 7, nb 2, b 1, lb 1) · Target 257

Bowler	O	R	W
Arshdeep Singh (1wd)	4.0	24	3
HH Pandya	3.0	21	0
JJ Bumrah	3.0	21	0
CV Varun	4.0	35	1
AR Patel (2wd)	4.0	35	1
S Dube (4wd, 2nb)	2.0	46	1

TIMELINE

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Fantasy points

Player	Points
BJ Bennett · Zimbabwe	117
Abhishek Sharma · India	75
Arshdeep Singh · India	75
Sikandar Raza · Zimbabwe	70
Tilak Varma · India	63
HH Pandya · India	60
Ishan Kishan · India	52
SA Yadav · India	40
SV Samson · India	37
R Ngarava · Zimbabwe	33
S Dube · India	25
AR Patel · India	25
CV Varun · India	25
TT Maposa · Zimbabwe	25
B Muzarabani · Zimbabwe	25
T Marumani · Zimbabwe	24
T Musekiwa · Zimbabwe	17
T Munyonga · Zimbabwe	13
RP Burl · Zimbabwe	8
D Myers · Zimbabwe	6
B Evans · Zimbabwe	1
JJ Bumrah · India	0

India won by 72 runs

Toss: Zimbabwe, chose to fieldPlayer of the match: HH PandyaVenue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, ChennaiSeries: ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2025/26

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