After winning the toss in the match, Zimbabwe captain Sikander Raja decided to bowl Chip first. A slightly different Abhishek Sharma is seen from the start of Nings. He played singles without going for big shots from the first ball, 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. Played some eye-catching shots. Sky played an innings of 33 runs off 13 balls.

Then Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma went on a batting rampage in the slog over. The two star batsmen played mercurial shots one after the other. Completed the partnership of 50 runs at the speed of the storm. The Indian batsmen played with the Zimbabwean bowlers in the slog over. 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.