T20 World Cup 2026: Comprehensive win for Team India against Zimbabwe in their 2nd Super 8 game at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Now I will share the details of this game match in my way.
Super 8 (India Vs Zimbabwe)
Game Date: 26th February 2026
Details: Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza won the toss and elected to field first Super 8 game against Team India at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Two changes in Indian Team and Axar Patel and Sanju Samson are playing toda in the place of Washington Sundar and Rinku Singh.
🚨 Toss 🚨#TeamIndia have been asked to bat first in their second Super 8 Fixture!
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— BCCI (@BCCI) February 26, 2026
A look at #TeamIndia's Playing XI for the #INDvZIM contest 🙌
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Team India scored huge 256/4 in their 20 overs after batting first. Raza thought the pitch had moisture which would help his seamers as he opted to bowl, but they were taken to the cleaners right from the start. The change with Samson at the top probably prevented Zimbabwe from using off spin with the new ball. He also made a brisk 25 to get things going and India never looked back from there. Abhishek, Ishan Kishan, Surya, Hardik and Tilak they all lined up for the feast and the poor bowlers suffered. The tactical call of playing an extra seamer didn’t come off for Zimbabwe either with Maposa going for 40 in his two overs. What can their batters come up with in response. Abhishek Sharma scored 44 runs of 30 balls and Hardik Pandya scored 50* runs of 23 balls. For Zimbabwe, Ngarava, Muzarabani, Raza and Maposa picked 1 wicket each.
Innings Break!
A collective batting effort takes #TeamIndia to their highest-ever total in #T20WorldCup history 💪
Over to the bowling unit now!
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— BCCI (@BCCI) February 26, 2026
Zimbabwe failed to chase the target and scored 184/6 runs in 20 overs and lost the game by 72 runs. Comfortable win for India. Their campaign is back on track. Once they put up such a big score, only one result was possible. But credit to Brian Bennett for not allowing the game to become one-sided. Marumani struggled early and the chase got some momentum when Raza joined Bennett. The asking rate at the same time was reaching insurmountable levels. India knew that and again SKY opted to give the likes of Shivam Dube and Hardik bowling practice at the death. Arshdeep was the pick of the bowlers. Bennett deserved a 100 but he was starved of the strike in the last over and couldn’t get there. Creditable showing with the bat from Zimbabwe but India’s firepower with the bat was too much on the night for the African nation. Brian Bennett scored 97* of 59 balls and skipper Sikandar Raza scored 31 runs of 21 balls. For South Africa, Marco Jansen picked 4 wickets for 22 runs in his 3.5 overs.
A comprehensive victory 🙌#TeamIndia clinch the #INDvZIM clash by 7️⃣2️⃣ runs courtesy of an all-round effort!
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— BCCI (@BCCI) February 26, 2026
IND: 256/4 in 20 overs
ZIM: 184/6 in 20 overs
Match Result: India won by 72 runs
Man of the Match: Hardik Pandya
Zimbabwe go down fighting to India by 72 runs, with Brian Bennett unbeaten on 97 in a valiant effort.
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— Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) February 26, 2026
Stats
– India average 6.80 for the first wicket in this World Cup is the lowest amongst the 20 teams.
– Brian Bennett is the leading run-getter in T20Is since the start of 2024 with 1748 runs.
– Sikandar Raza has been clutch in this World Cup but he averages 16.30 against India in 10 T20Is with a highest score of 46.
– Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh are India’s top-two wicket-takers in T20 World Cups, with 33 and 32 wickets respectively. India have won 10 of the 11 World Cup fixtures where the two have featured
– 23 runs conceded by Tinotenda Maposa is the second most by a bowler on his first ever over in T20 World Cups; only Steve Tikolo conceded more 25 runs off his only over in the World Cup, against Sri Lanka in Johannesburg in 2007.
– Highest Powerplay totals for India in T20 World Cups
86/1 vs Nam Delhi 2026
82/2 vs Sco Dubai 2021
80/1 vs Zim Chennai 2026 *
76/1 vs NZ Joburg 2007
It is also the highest Powerplay total vs Zimbabwe in T20 World Cups.
– Abhishek’s second slowest fifty in T20Is (26 balls); the only slower one (33 balls) was his maiden half-century in his second T20I, against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2024.
– Zimbabwe is the first side to concede 250+ in successive T20I innings.
254/6 vs WI Wankhede 23 Feb 2026
256/4 vs Ind Chennai 26 Feb 2026
– Highest total in T20 World Cups
260/6 SL vs Ken Joburg 2007
256/4 Ind vs Zim Chennai 2026 *
254/6 WI vs Zim Wankhede 2026
235/5 Ire vs Oman Colombo SSC 2026
230/8 Eng vs SA Wankhede 2016
229/4 SA vs Eng Wankhede 2016
– Just 26 dot balls in India’s innings today are the joint fewest in a completed 20-over innings in T20 World Cups; South Africa also had 26 dots against England at the Wankhede in 2016.
– Each of India’s six batters have struck at 150+ strike rate are the first instance six (or more) batters to score 20+ runs at 150+ strike rate in an innings in a T20 World Cup.
– 17 sixes by India in this innings are the joint most by them in a T20 World Cup innings surpassing 15 vs Australia in Gros Islet in 2024.
– India have hit 63 sixes this World Cup so far is the most by them in an edition of the tournament surpassing 61 in 2024; only West Indies’ tally of 66 this edition ranks higher for a team.
– Hardik & Tilak added 84* off 31 balls at a run rate of 16.25; there have only been one partnership that scored more runs at a better run rate in T20 World Cups with 87 off 29 balls (RR 18.00) bw Jayasuriya & Jayawardene against Kenya in Joburg in 2007.
– Marumani is the second batter to reverse sweep Varun Chakaravarthy for a six in T20Is, after Najmul Hossain Shanto in Gwalior in 2024.
– Most consecutive T20I innings with at least a wicket (FM sides)
24 Adil Rashid (2024-26)
23 Wanindu Hasaranga (2024-25)
21 Brad Evans (2023-25) – sequence ended today
19 Taskin Ahmed (2023-24)
19 Varun Chakaravarthy (2025-26) *
– 97* by Brian Bennett is the second highest individual score against India in T20 World Cups only behind Chris Gayle’s 98 in Bridgetown in 2010.
– 46 runs conceded by Shivam Dube is the most conceded by a bowler in the first two overs of a T20 World Cup match.
– Highest match aggregate in a T20 World Cup match
459 SA vs Eng Wankhede 2016
440 Ind vs Zim Chennai 2026 *
418 Ind vs Eng Durban 2007
413 WI vs SA Joburg 2007
401 WI vs Zim Wankhede 2026
– 28 sixes bw the two teams
– India (17) & Zimbabwe (11);
the third most in a T20 World Cup match
India stay in the hunt for a #T20WorldCup semis spot with a splendid win over Zimbabwe ✨
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— ICC (@ICC) February 26, 2026
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