T20 World Cup: Zimbabwe win toss against India

CHENNAI: Zimbabwe have won the toss and opted to field first against India in the Group 1 Super Eight fixture of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk on Thursday.

Playing XIs

India: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Shivam Dube, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Varun Chakravarthy, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

Zimbabwe: 1 Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), 2 Brian Bennett, 3 Dion Myers, 4 Ryan Burl, 5 Sikandar Raza (capt), 6 Tony Munyonga, 7 Tashinga Musekiwa, 8 Brad Evans, 9 Tinotenda Maposa, 10 Blessing Muzarabani, 11 Richard Ngarava

Head-to-head

India and Zimbabwe have played 13 times in T20Is. The Men in Blue have dominated the Chevrons with `10 victories while the latter have only managed three.

Matches: 13, India: 10, Zimbabwe: 3

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