The Men in Blue completely dominated Zimbabwe, winning the first T20I by seven wickets to take a 1-0 lead. They then took an unassailable 2-0 lead after beating the home side by a mammoth 90 runs, and completed the whitewash last night.
With this series now done and dusted, India will play their next T20I series in October. They will lock horns with the West Indies in a five-match series, starting October 6 at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
The series will then shift to Ranchi for the second match on October 9, when the two teams meet. Indore will host the third match of the series, while Hyderabad and Bengaluru will play home to the final two games.
Here is the full schedule for the series:
1st T20I: October 6, 2026 – Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow (7 PM IST)
2nd T20I: October 9, 2026 – JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi (7 PM IST)
3rd T20I: October 11, 2026 – Holkar Stadium, Indore (7 PM IST)
4th T20I: October 14, 2026 – Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad (7 PM IST)
5th T20I: October 17, 2026 – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (7 PM IST)
India's young guns combine to rout Zimbabwe in 3rd T20I
With the series already wrapped, India fielded a strong XI for the third and final T20I of the series. Indian skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat first.
Batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi led the charge for the visiting side with a swashbuckling 81 off just 49 balls, including eight boundaries and four towering sixes. Shreyas Iyer (27) and Rinku Singh (25) also made clutch contributions towards the end of the innings.
In reply, Ryan Burl tried to take the attack to the opposition with a fighting half-century, but Indian bowlers defended well to win the match. Mayank Yadav was the chief architect, picking up three wickets, while Yash Thakur scalped two. Ashok Sharma and Ravi Bishnoi picked up one apiece.
Sooryavanshi was awarded the Player of the Series award for scoring 151 runs in three innings at an average of 50.33 and a strike rate of almost 200.
Edited by Ankush Das
