Teenage star Sooryavanshi smashes maiden half-century as India thump Zimbabwe

[p]After [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/zimbabwe/pCUnmKBm/"]Zimbabwe[/a] were sent in to bat, ‌the home side managed 125 for seven ‌in their 20 overs, a total that was never likely to trouble the tourists, ‌who chased it down with ⁠40 balls remaining.[/p][p]The ‌15-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arora-vaibhav/QqLoPeFk/"]Sooryavanshi[/a] was at his destructive best as ​he hit four fours and four sixes on the large Harare ​Sports Club ground before being caught at deep third man off a top ⁠edge from the ​bowling of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ngarava-richard/YsJZvpir/"]Richard Ngarava[/a] (1-30).[/p][p]Sooryavanshi improved his previous best score of 15 after he debuted in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a] earlier this month but ‌found the going tough.[/p][p]Captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/iyer-shreyas/INzfXBtM/"]Shreyas Iyer[/a] chipped in with an unbeaten 28 from 24 balls and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kishan-ishan/vsVSOdKD/"]Ishan Kishan[/a] managed 35 from 24 deliveries as India coasted home.[/p][p][b]"I think the ⁠boys were tremendous," ​India captain Iyer said. "Couldn't have been happier with my first win (as captain). There was bounce from good length and it was also variable.[/b][/p][p][b]"We are going to ‌play two more matches here, so today's performance gives everyone some confidence. I think Vaibhav has played here, he got 175 in the under-19 World Cup final, so he knows the conditions."[/b][/p][embed guid="2aa6acda-8237-41dc-a426-9779ae751179" url="https://x.com/BCCI/status/2080289761915466135" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/madhevere-wesley/CMljrZo1/"]Wessly Madhevere[/a] (39 runs from 34 balls) was the only Zimbabwe batter to post a score of substance.[/p][p]Batter [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/curran-ben/YV3qzy2g/"]Ben Curran[/a] (10) and ‌medium pacer [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/newman-scott/n1BBzBpr/"]Newman Nyamhuri[/a] (0-30) made their T20 ​debuts for the home side, with seamer [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sharma-ashok/0jF9Fbt0/"]Ashok Sharma[/a] (0-29) also appearing for the first time in international cricket for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India[/a].[/p][p]The second match is scheduled for Saturday and the three-game series will ⁠conclude a day ⁠later. Both fixtures ‌are in Harare.[/p]