Sikandar Raza almost derailed India...

In the third match of the series played at Harare sports Club on Monday, india defeated zimbabwe by 13 runs in a thrilling match. Avesh Khan took the maximum three wickets, while deepak Chahar, kuldeep and Axar patel took two wickets each. india have made the series clean sweep by 3-0. Batting first, india scored 289 runs. In reply, Zimbabwe's team managed to score 276 runs thanks to a century from Sikandar Raza.

Earlier, winning the toss and opting to bat first, the start of the indian was smooth. Captain KL rahul and shikhar dhawan added 63 runs for the first wicket. rahul got out after scoring 30 runs, then Shubman Gill took over. However, from the other end, dhawan could not play with him for long. After this, there was a 140-run partnership between ishan kishan and Gill. Kishan was dismissed after scoring 50 runs but on the other hand Gill remained frozen.

However, after this, Gill did not get any support and he got out after scoring 130 runs. india scored 289 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. Brad Evans took 5 wickets for Zimbabwe. Chasing the target of 290 runs, zimbabwe did not have a good start. They got first blow in the third over. However, after that no wicket fell for 15 overs.

The tail batsmen again troubled

Zimbabwe, who scored 156 runs in 35 overs, had lost 7 wickets and it looked like the match would be over soon. But Sikandar Raza and Brad Evans made a great partnership and took the team to the threshold of victory. Avesh Khan dismissed Brad but Sikandar Raza, who had become the biggest threat, was still present at the crease. 15 runs were needed in the last over to win. Avesh Khan, the most expensive bowler of this match, was given the last over and he spent only 2 runs and dismissed the last batsman. However, shardul thakur overturned by dismissing Sikandar Raza. When he got a brilliant catch at the hands of Shubman Gill in the 49th over. In this way, india won the match by 13 runs, making a queen sweep of the series.