IND vs ZIM Match Prediction– 5th T20I, India Tour Of Zimbabwe 2024

The IND vs ZIM 5th and final T20I will be played on Sunday, July 14 from 4.30 pm IST. India won the fourth T20I on Saturday by 10 wickets to secure the T20I series. They will be looking to end the series on a high.

IND vs ZIM Team Analysis

India

India is led by Shubman Gill. Ahead of the third T20I, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, and Shivam Dube joined the Indian team. Jaiswal and Samson played in the third T20I a swell. With one more game to go and the series win secured it will be interesting to see if the squad is rotated.

India travels to Sri Lanka to play a series later this month and it will be interesting to see if any of the players are retained for this squad for that series. The openers chased down the target in style which was one of the major talking points after the last T20I win.

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Zimbabwe

Sikandar Raza will lead Zimbabwe. After inspiring his team to victory in the first game, the skipper has failed to replicate his performances. They were outplayed in the next two games. The hosts will look to make a comeback and level the series and take it to the decider on Sunday.

Justin Sammons is the new head coach of the side who replaced Dave Houghton, who resigned after Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the T20 World Cup. The two were roped in ahead of the India series.

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IND vs ZIM Key Factors

Pitch Conditions

After the low-scoring affair in the first game, the next two matches were high-scoring contests with the pitch conditions being changed and made batter-friendly.

Team India gained the advantage it as they won back-to-back high-scoring games and their bowlers also came into the game. The conditions for batting have been better and the conditions are expected to remain the same.

There are no fitness concerns with players from both teams. However, form is a major concern for some of the Zimbabwean players. Their skipper Sikandar Raza is badly struggling with his form in the last two matches and needs a big score to settle his nerves A few Indian players need to get into runs as well.

Tactical Acumen

Shubman Gill has used his bowlers brilliantly in the last two games as the batters have given them enough runs runs. He needs to communicate his needs to this young team and he is a young captain as well.

Sikandar Raza is a much more experienced captain with more international experience. He needs to find runs with the bat which should give him enough confidence in the rest of the departments.

IND vs ZIM Score Prediction

Recent Venue Records (Harare Sports Club, Harare)

STATS - T20

Total matches 53

Matches won batting first 32

Matches won bowling first 20

Average 1st Inns scores 152

Average 2nd Inns scores 133

Highest total recorded 229/2 (20 Ov) by AUS vs ZIM

Lowest total recorded 99/10 (19.5 Ov) by PAK vs ZIM

Highest score chased 194/5 (19.2 Ov) by BAN vs ZIM

Lowest score defended 118/9 (20 Ov) by ZIM vs PAK

Who Will Score Most Runs For India: Shubman Gill / Ruturaj Gaikwad

Who Will Take Most Wickets For India: Ravi Bishnoi / Avesh Khan

Who Will Score Most Runs For Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza / Dyon Myers

Who Will Take Most Wickets For Zimbabwe: Richard Ngarava / Blessing Musarabani

IND vs ZIM Match Prediction– 5th T20I, India Tour Of Zimbabwe 2024

India looks like a far more settled unit and thus are the favorites to win the last two games. Zimbabwe needs to play more attacking cricket to challenge India in the last two games.

Conclusion

The fourth T20I gives the young Indian team to win the match and settle the series. This will be the first T20I series win for Shubman Gill as captain. Zimbabwe has a chance to take the series to the decider on Sunday.

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