India gifts away 2nd T20 to Zimbabwe in Harare – lose by 10 runs

#INDvsZIM #AjinkyaRahane #Zimbabwe #stuartbinny India, true to tradition, played some forgettable cricket and paid the price for complacency like their seniors. The team of Ajinkya Rahane gifted away the 2nd T20 played at Harare to Zimbabwe – India lost by 10 runs. This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 20 July 2015.

Zimbabwe won the toss, elected to bat and put up 145 runs which was probably not enough – but, they defended it admirably and won the match defeating India by 10 runs. Zimbabwe opener Chamu Chibhabha was responsible to ensure that Zimbabwe put up a respectable total with a superb 51-ball 67.
In their chase of 146 runs for a win, India were looking down the barrel at 69 for five in nine overs. It was then that Stuart Binny (24) and debutant Sanju Samson (19) played cameo innings, but it was ultimately Zimbabwe’s day at the Harare Sports Club.
There were three runouts in the Indian side – Ajinkya Rahane (4), Kedar Jadhav (5) and Bhubaneshwar Kumar (9). However, there was not a single runout in the home side. This reveals that Indians are an impatient lot and do not hesitate to throw their wickets away.
Graeme Cremer wreaked havoc with his three wickets for 18 runs in his four overs, while other wickets were shared by SC Williams (1/31), Taurai Muzarabani (1/23) and Chris Mpofu (1/26).
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#IPL8 #RRvsSRH #ShikharDhawan #Brabourne Sun Risers Hyderabad kept their play-off hopes alive by pulling off a well-deserved seven-run victory over Rajasthan Royals – Hyderabad now have 10 points from 10 matches and four matches remain. The contest went to the wire at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai as reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 7 May 2015.

SRH won the toss and elected to bowl first and with Shikhar Dhawan (54) and Eoin Morgan (68 off 28 balls), they managed to put up a 200 plus score (201 for 4 in 20 overs) which put pressure on the RR batsmen from the word go.
For Rajasthan Royals, their in-form batsman Ajinkya Rahane (8) went out cheaply but there were others who wanted to pull off this match. The superb knock from Steve Smith (68) brought them back in contention. Subsequently, there was a late-order recovery from James Faulkner (30), Sanju Samson (21) and Chris Morris (34 not out). One got an impression that RR would retain their superiority but that did not happen and the hosts lost by 7 runs.
Incidentally, when RR won the toss and elected to bowl first, there was a feeling among exerts that it was not a correct decision – RR should have elected to bat first. And the fears were proved.

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This has been reported in cricbuzz.com dated 16 April 2015.

After winning the toss, Rajasthan put the Sun Risers in to bat and Dhawal Kulkarni led the Rajasthan Royals attack. He not only keep the explosive opening pair of Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner quiet but also pick up early wickets. Dhawal picked up two wickets and along with left-arm spinner Pravin Tambe who also picked up two wickets, ensured that the STH never really got going.
However, even though the target finally set was just 128 runs, RR had to struggle in spite of a fairly good start given by Ajinkya Rahane's 62 (56 balls) and Sanju Samson (26) who provided a 64-run opening stand.
Ultimately, with five runs needed off the last over, Praveen Kumar bowled superbly before James Faulkner took his team home by hitting a boundary to cover.

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