Melbourne: India posted a total of 186 for 5 against Zimbabwe at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Some outstanding performances by KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav helped the team to post a big score.
India had a slow start to their inning losing their skipper Rohit Sharma early. Later, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul put on a 60-run partnership to take their team to a good position.
India lost control of the game having losing Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant in quick succession.
Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya, however, put on a 65-run partnership in 36 balls to take the initiative back in their team’s favor. Surya Kumar reached his half-century and scored an unbeaten 61 in just 25 deliveries to continue his outstanding form.
For Zimbabwe, Sean Williams claimed two wickets with Sikandar Raza, Blessing Muzarabani, and Richard Ngarava picking one wicket each.
