IND vs ZIM, 4th T20I: Abhishek Sharma, Tushar Deshpande Take Maiden International Wickets

IND vs ZIM, 4th T20I: Indian youngsters Tushar Deshpande and Abhishek Sharma took their first wicket each in the 4th T20I against Zimbabwe in Harare on Saturday. It should be noted here that Deshpande received his debut cap and has replaced Avesh Khan in the team.

While batting first, the Sikandar Raza-led side had a flying start as openers Wessly Madhevere and Tadiwanashe Marumani built a partnership of 63 runs for the first wicket. Abhishek Sharma broke this partnership as he got Marumani out in the ninth over and thus took his maiden international wicket.

Marumani tried to go big as he smashed a half tracker in Abhishek's over but Rinku Singh was already standing at deep mid-wicket. And that's how Abhishek Sharma took his maiden international wicket.

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After this partner was broken, skipper Sikandar Raza came into bat and scored a gritty knock of 46 runs, in which he had smashed two fours and three sixes. Raza kept batting from one end as the team suffered a batting collapse from the other. He finally got out in the 19th over as he tried to go big against debutant Deshpande.

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Raza got dismissed by mistiming a fuller bowl in Deshpande's over as Shubman Gill dismissed him and took a brilliant catch while standing at cover. And that's how Deshpande took his maiden international wicket as he registered figures of 1/30 in the three overs that he bowled.

Khaleel Ahmed led the bowling attack from the front as he finished with figures of 2/32 in the four overs that he bowled, whereas Washington Sundar (1/32), Abhishek Sharma (1/20) and Shivam Dube (1/11) took one wicket apiece.

While chasing the Shubman Gill-led side had a flying start as openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill stitched a partnership of 53 runs for the first wicket during the powerplay.