ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026: In the Super-8 of ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Team India had to face defeat against South Africa by a huge margin of 76 runs. After this crushing defeat, the Net Run Rate (NNR) of the Indian team has become -3.80, while that of South Africa is +3.80. However, West Indies also defeated Zimbabwe by 107 runs and increased their net run rate to +5.350. Now Team India’s next match is with Zimbabwe. After the Super Round, if India, South Africa and West Indies have 4 points each, then the semi-finalists will be decided on the basis of net run rate. In such a situation, Team India will have to achieve a big win against Zimbabwe and bring its net run rate to plus.

If Team India bats first, what will have to be done?

The Super-8 match between India and Zimbabwe will be played on Thursday i.e. 26th February at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Team India had suffered a huge defeat of 76 runs at the hands of South Africa in its first Super-8 match. If the Indian team bats first against Zimbabwe, then it will have to win by 77 or more runs, only then India’s net run rate will come in plus. For this, Team India will have to make a big score against Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwean team will have to be defeated cheaply. However, in T20 International cricket, Team India has so far won by more than 77 runs 18 times.

If India chases runs, what will have to be done?

It will be very difficult for Team India to turn the run rate into plus in the run chase against Zimbabwe. If Zimbabwe scores 150 runs while batting first, then Team India will have to chase it in the 13th over. In this situation the net run rate will come in plus. If Zimbabwe scores 180 runs, then India will have to chase the target on the last ball of the 14th over, then India’s net run rate will be in plus.

How Old Were Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma: The start of ICC T20 World Cup 2026 was very good for Team India. In this tournament, the Indian team entered the Super 8 by winning all four matches of the group stage. Team India, which is moving towards the semi-finals, has suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of South Africa in its very first match. Now India will have to win both the remaining Super-8 matches by a big margin to reach the last four. The next match of the Indian team is to be with the Zimbabwean team. Who has played an important role in defeating Australia in the group stage and eliminating them from the tournament. In such a situation, Zimbabwe can be a big threat for Team India. The good thing is that the Zimbabwe team has not played any match against the Indian team on Indian soil since 2002.

Here we will tell you what was the result of that match and will also tell you that when the two teams last clashed in India, what was the age of Team India’s two openers Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma in the current tournament?

When did Zimbabwe last play Team India on Indian soil?

In the history of ICC T20 World Cup, only 1 match has been played between India and Zimbabwe so far. This match was played between the two teams in Melbourne, Australia in November 2022. After scoring 185 runs, India all out Zimbabwe on the score of 115 runs and won the match by 71 runs. Till now, Zimbabwe has not played any T20 match against India on Indian soil. The last ODI match was played in Guwahati on March 19, 2002, in which India scored 333 runs for 6 wickets and restricted Zimbabwe to just 232 runs.

How old were Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma then?

When the last match between India and Zimbabwe was played on Indian soil, both the openers of Team India were very young. Ishan Kishan was born on 18 July 1998 and hence he would have been approximately 4 years old, whereas Abhishek Sharma was born on 4 September 2000. In such a situation, his age was only 2 years in 2002.