Krishnamachari Srikkanth Warned Team India: The match between India and Zimbabwe in the Super-8 of ICC T20 World Cup 2026 will be held today i.e. on 26th February. This match will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. This match is going to be do or die for both the teams. To reach the semi-finals of T20 World Cup 2026, both the teams will not only have to win, but will also have to win with a better net run rate, because both the teams are coming after losing their first Super-8 match by a big margin. Team India would like to defeat Zimbabwe by a big margin at any cost, because everything for Team India is at stake.

In this tournament, India will also face West Indies on March 1. The Caribbean team is in excellent form, but former Indian legend Krishnammachari Srikkanth has given a big statement before the match against Zimbabwe.

Krishnammachari Srikanth gave a big statement

Krishnammachari Srikkanth said on his YouTube channel, ‘West Indies is currently one step ahead of India after defeating Zimbabwe. Everything has now stopped for Team India after the match between South Africa and West Indies. Zimbabwe will be a bigger threat to India than West Indies on the Chennai pitch.

Let us tell you, Zimbabwe is in good form throughout the tournament. They created a big upset by defeating Australia and Sri Lanka in the group stage. They had their first defeat of this T20 World Cup against West Indies, in which West Indies defeated them by a huge margin of 107 runs.

India is considered favorite against Zimbabwe

India is the favorite to win the match against Zimbabwe. There is no repeating in this, but Zimbabwe can definitely surprise India on the wicket of Chennai. Team India will also have to keep in mind that they will have to win against Zimbabwe by a big margin. Let us tell you that South Africa had defeated India by a huge margin of 76 runs in the first Super-8 match. After this big defeat, the net run rate of Team India has deteriorated significantly, which India would like to correct against Zimbabwe.

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.