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India defeated Zimbabwe in the third ODI as well but both the teams had given a good performance. Shubman Gill from India and Sikandar Raza from Zimbabwe scored a century each,, Shubman’s ton helped India with posting a total of 289/8 in 50 overs whereas Raza’s century couldn’t help the team reach the total. The hosts lost the game by a narrow margin of 13 runs.
Indian skipper KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bat. He mustered 30 runs while his partner Shikhar Dhawan got out scoring 40 runs. Shubman gill from India scored his maiden ton in 82 deliveries. Ishan Kishan on the other hand scored 50 runs out of 61 deliveries. Brad Evans from Zimbabwe had his maiden five-wicket haul.
Let’s have a look at the significant stats of the game.
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India vs Zimbabwe 3rd ODI: Statistics
- 1- Shubman Gill hit his maiden century in international cricket.
- 1- Sikandar Raza became the first player to hit three ODI centuries being a middle-order batter.
- 130- Shubman Gill scored the highest individual score against the hosts in their country (Zimbabwe).
- 3- Brad Evans had the third-best bowling figures of 5/54 for Zimbabwe against India.
- 3- Sikandar Raza also had his third-best individual score of 115 runs for Zimbabwe against India.
- 15- This was India’s 15th ODI victory against Zimbabwe in a row.
- 3- Axar Patel picked Regis Chakabva’s wicket for the third time in One-Day internationals.
- 3- Raza has the joint record of hitting the third most centuries for Zimbabwe,
- 3- After Rohit Sharma and Kedar Jadhav, Shubman Gill is the third Indian player to hit his first international hundred in Zimbabwe.
- 5- Raza along with Taylor has the record for hitting most centuries (5) for Zimbabwe at home.
- 50- Richard Ngarava appeared in his 50th international match.
- 499- Shubman Gil smashed the most ODI runs for India post first innings.
- 112.50- Gill scored a total of 450 runs in the last six ODIs at an average of 112.50 with a century and three half-centuries.
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