Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bowl first. A different Abhishek Sharma is seen from the start of the innings. He settled down a bit on the pitch and played his trade mart shots one after the other from the set. First he made a partnership of 48 runs with Sanju Samson. Sanju got out after playing an innings of 24 runs off 15 balls. After that, Abhishek Sharma built a solid foundation for the team by forming a partnership of 72 runs with Ishan Kishan. Ishan also bats aggressively. He scored 38 off 24 balls.

Abhishek Sharma completed his half century with 26 balls. In the end he got out after scoring 55 runs off 30 balls. Then captain Suryakumar Yadav also batted aggressively. Sky played an innings of 33 runs off 13 balls. Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma went on a batting rampage in the slog overs. Completed the partnership of 50 runs at the speed of the storm. Hardik hit his half century with a six off the last ball. India scored 256 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Hardik remained unbeaten with 50 off 23 balls and Tilak Verma with 44 off 16 balls.

Zimbabwe got off to a slow start chasing runs. The two openers of Zimbabwe batted completely risk-free to chase the target. Brian Bennett and Marumani made a partnership of 44 runs. However, it was not understood why Zimbabwe batted so defensively to chase the target of 257 runs. However, Bennett played several aggressive shots from the set, Marumani 20 and Myers were out for 6 runs, but Bennett continued his innings. He scored a half century off 34 balls.

Brian Bennett and Sikandar Raja put on a 72-run partnership in the miss. Then Raja was out for 31 runs. Ryan Burl came to the crease and returned to the dressing room without opening the ledger. Bennett continued his innings. The Zimbabwean opener practically single-handedly pulled the team. In the end, Zimbabwe lost 6 wickets and scored 184 runs in 20 overs. Brian Bennett remains unbeaten with 97 runs. India won the match by 73 runs. And with India’s win, South Africa qualified for the semis.