Tushar Deshpande to Marumani, no run, away-angling length ballwide of off, Marumani slashes and misses
Tushar Deshpande, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
Debutant from the other end.
0.6
Khaleel Ahmed to Madhevere, no run, overpitched outside off,
0.5
Khaleel Ahmed to Madhevere, FOUR, 135kph, inswinger, straying onto the pads, Madhevere glances it away and the ball runs to fine leg off the inner edge
0.4
Khaleel Ahmed to Madhevere, no run, 136kph, full on middle and leg, Madhevere flicks straight to midwicket
0.3
Khaleel Ahmed to Madhevere, no run, pitched up, Madhevere gets forward to drive it to mid-on
0.2
Khaleel Ahmed to Madhevere, no run, 135kph, slightly fuller and Madhevere is drawn forward to drive. This one doesn't swing and beats the outside edge
0.1
Khaleel Ahmed to Madhevere, no run, 137kph, good ball first up from Khaleel Ahmed. Swings in and bounces over the stumps
Madhevere and Marumani are at the crease. Madhevere is on strike. Khaleel Ahmed will open the attack
Another bright and sunny day in Harare. The players are out in the middle. Khaleel has the new ball in his hand.
Pitch Report | Tino Mawoyo and Abhinav Mukund: Western side of the ground. 60m and 80m square boundaries. First look on the surface, not too much grass. It's very hard. The challenge for the Zimbabwe batters has been picking the Indian spinners. The last game, they picked Bishnoi better. Rotate the strike a bit more, find gaps. It's about management more than the surface. Best surface we've had for this series.
Tushar Deshpande: Very happy to be here. It all goes back to my childhood days when I dreamt of playing for my country. Being here wearing the blue feels very proud. Means a lot to me. The atmosphere is really great here. Playing for CSK in the IPL helped me. That experience will surely help me in the internationals. I started as a batsman, so that comes naturally to me, looking to refine it and I have been working on it. Overall the atmosphere in the team is chill.
Teams:
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Johnathan Campbell, Faraz Akram, Clive Madande(w), Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara
India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill(c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson(w), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Khaleel Ahmed
Sikandar Raza: We wanted to bat first. The wicket tends to get slower and slower.
Shubman Gill: We'll bowl first. Looks like a fresh wicket. Hopefully there's going to be something in it for the fast bowlers. The death bowling is where we can improve. We got a little complacent. Tushar Deshpande makes his debut in place of Avesh
India have won the toss and have opted to field
12:00 Local Time, 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST: Hello everyone and a warm welcome to the fourth T20I between Zimbabwe and India. After losing a low-scoring encounter in the opening match, the visitors came back strongly with two convincing wins. Can they seal the series today? We can expect a few changes in the Indian camp, especially in the bowling department. The inexperienced Zimbabwean side will hope for an improved performance in all three departments. Can they level the series? Let's hope we are treated to a thriller as Harare continues to be the battleground. Stay tuned, toss and team news coming up in a bit...