Zimbabwe haven’t played a lot of Test cricket of late. In fact, for a while they did not feature in Tests at all, owing to the political turmoil in the country
Going into the third T20, Zimbabwe knew they had to win the match to stay alive in the series. Bangladesh had the advantage, having won the first two matches rather convincingly
Chasing an average score of 145 runs, India had a horrible start of their inning. Skipper Ajinkya Rahane found himself short of crease in the first over of the inning. Robin Uthappa and Murli Vijay went on towards the target at brisk rate and it looked like the partnership is taking the game away from Zimbabwe.