Watch: Mukesh Kumar cleans up Innocent Kaia with a perfect inswinger in 2nd T20I

Team India had a perfect start from Mukesh Kumar after they scored 234./2 with the bat after winning the toss and batting first in the second T20I in Harare on Sunday.

India on the back of Abhishek Sharma's 100 off 47 balls posted a mammoth score. Scores from Rinku Singh (48*) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (77*) further added muscle to that Indian final score.

Zimbabwe chasing 235 to win lost opener Innocent Kaia in the very first over. Mukesh Kumar went through his defense as he bowled a perfect inswinger that went between his pad and bat and disturbed the stumps. He was dismissed almost identically in the first T20I by Mukesh as well on Saturday.

Watch Innocent Kaia's Dismissal By Mukesh Kumar

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The pacer then came back to dismiss Brian Bennete in his next over who scored 28 off nine balls and was giving India problems. He bowled a similar sort of delivery to Bennett and went through his defence as well.

The Indian bowlers in this game have a lot of runs still in the tank. However, they should look to win the match by a big margin and have started well with the ball.

The Indian batters stood up in this crucial game after letting themselves down with the bat on Saturday. Shubman Gill unfortunately was dismsised early once again. Abhishek Sharma, after being dismissed for a duck on his T20I debut scored 100 off 47 balls in his second T20I.

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He added 137 along with Gaikwad and was dismissed in the 14th over. Thereafter it was the Rinku Sigh show. He smashed 48 off 22 balls with two fours and five sixes to take India to 234/2 which is their highest T20I total against Zimbabwe. He added an unbeaten 87-run stand with Gaikwad and the duo scored 21 runs off the 20th over of the Indian innings.

Mukesh Kumar then gave India a perfect start with the ball dismissing Innocent Kaia in the first over. he then came back to dismiss Brian Bennett who scored a blazing 26 off just nine balls. Avesh Khan then dismissed Dion Myers (0) and then took the big wicket of Sikandar Raza (4) to peg back Zimbabwe in the chase.

The Zimbabwean skipper Raza, was the Man of the Match for his team in the first T20I. He first scored 17 off 19 balls and then took 3/ 25 with the ball to win the match for his side. It needed a special ball to dismiss him and lavish Khan delivered a perfect and pacy bounder that caught Raza off guard and he was caught by Dhruv Jurel.

Ruturaj Gaikwad spoke about the Indian innings in the mid-innings break talking about the pitch and Abhishek Sharma's innings as well.

"It was pretty much tough, the first 15 balls I played, I didn’t even middle a single ball. Wicket was slightly tough, me and Abhishek talked that we should take our time and then go for our shots and it worked. He took on the spinners really well, we talked about maintaining our shape while playing our shots, the wicket was slightly two-paced, some balls were skidding and some were holding up" Gaikwad said.

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