Raina leads India to series sweep

Zimbabwe v India, 2nd Twenty20, Harare
June 13, 2010

Suresh Raina and M Vijay made light work of Zimbabwe's second-highest total in Twenty20 internationals, smacking five sixes and eight fours between them to set up a seven-wicket win, and with that the 2-0 sweep of the Twenty20 series. Sweeps and reverse-sweeps from Tatenda Taibu and a late cameo from Charles Coventry took Zimbabwe to their mildly competitive total, but it could be argued they lost the match in their Powerplay that went for only 21 runs.

After paying for too many strokes too early in the first match, Zimbabwe erred on the side of caution in the second. There were 48 dot balls in the innings, five of them because Hamilton Masakadza shouldered arms to the first six deliveries he faced, one of them a wide. He was out to the first aggressive shot he played, hitting straight down mid-off's throat. Brendan Taylor and Chamu Chibhabha didn't try any big shots off the seamers, and Chibhabha fell to an expansive slog-sweep in the sixth over, bowled by Pragyan Ojha. Read more...

Brief Score:
India 144 for 3 (Raina 72*, Vijay 46) beat Zimbabwe 140 for 5 (Taibu 45*, Dinda 2-15) by seven wickets

Courtesy: www.cricinfo.com

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