Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma claim a 90-run victory over Zimbabwe as India take a 2-0 lead in the T20 series.
Posted on July 25, 2026
India inflicted another heavy defeat on Zimbabwe as they won the second Twenty20 international at Harare Sports Club by 90 runs to clinch their three-match series.
Ishan Kishan scored 81 and Tilak Varma an unbeaten 60 as India amassed a formidable total of 219-5 after being put in to bat before dismissing Zimbabwe cheaply for 129 to secure victory on Saturday.
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Kishan, whose runs came off 44 balls, and Tilak, who took 29 balls to reach 60, accelerated the scoring in the middle, taking advantage of bowling that was often overfull.
They put on 94 off 44 balls for the fourth wicket before Ishan was caught in the deep by misjudging hard work on a wide delivery.
Zimbabwe faced a record chase and although opener Brian Bennett offered some early hope, they always fought back and were bowled out in 17.5 overs.
Bennett played a variety of knocks for 32 runs off 19 balls before falling to Yash Thakur, who finished with 2-30 on his T20 international debut.
Once Bennett was dismissed, there was a steady drop in wickets, with Abhishek Sharma's slow left-arm bowling producing the best figures of 3-17.
India won the opening match of the three-match series at the Harare Sports Club by seven wickets with 40 balls to spare.
The last match is on Sunday.
