Zimbabwe will look to make a comeback in the third T20I encounter against India. The third T20I between India and Zimbabwe will be held at the Harare Sports Complex. The hosts lost the previous encounter by a huge margin but crushed India in the opening game.
Sikandar Raza & Co. will look to do better in the next match to make a spectacular comeback in the series. Ahead of the match, we take a look at their lineup prediction against India in the third match.
Zimbabwe to play India in 3rd T20I of India’s tour of Zimbabwe in 2024
Wessly Madhevere
Wessly Madhevere will also open for Zimbabwe in the third T20I against India. He scored 21 and 43 knocks in both matches.
Innocent Kaia
Innocent Kaia will be another starter for the team and will look to hit hard. He started with single digits in both games.
Brian Bennett
Brian Bennett has done well in both matches. He scored 22 in the first T20I and 26 in the second. He will be one down but will aim to improve in the next match.
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Sikandar Raza (C)
Sikandar Raza is the captain of Zimbabwe and will lead the team in the third T20I match. He did a wonderful job in leading the team to victory in the opening game with his 3/25. Now, the all-rounder needs to repeat that performance once again in the third match.
Dion Myers
Dion Myers was sidelined by an error in the last game, but he is an experienced and reliable hitter in the middle order of the team. He aims to do well in the next game.
Jonathan Campbell
Johnathan Campbell has struggled to bat well in both matches, being bowled out for 0 and 10. However, the team might retain him in the next match as well as he has played with his best 11 in both games.
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Clive Madandé (WK)
Clive Madande is the only wicketkeeper Zimbabwe has in their squad for the IND vs ZIM T20I series. Hence, he will keep the stumps in the upcoming game as well. He scored a brilliant knock of 29 in the opening game to capture maximum runs in the final overs.
Wellington Masakadza
Wellington Masakadza will lead the team’s pace attack in the third match. The right-handed bowler has picked up 1 wicket in each of the first two games but was quite expensive in his last match with an economy of 14+.
luke cock
Luke Jongwe came out very expensive in the previous match with his economy of 13+ and also failed to get any wicket. However, he played a good spell in the opening game, getting 1 wicket for 28 runs.
Muzarabani Blessing
Blessing Muzarabani has impressed with his pace attack in both matches so far. The right-hander took 1/17 and 1/30 in both matches with decent economy.
Tendai Junk
Tendai Chatara will be another member of Zimbabwe’s pace unit against India. The right-hander was wicketless in his last match. He had a match-winning haul of 3/16 in the opening game to help the team win the clash.