Kishan and Varma lead the way as India thrash Zimbabwe to seal T20 series

[p]Wicketkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kishan-ishan/vsVSOdKD/"]Kishan[/a] made 81 off 44 balls and unbeaten [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/varma-tilak/06FFf1DG/"]Varma[/a] 60 from 29 deliveries at Harare Sports Club as the tourists took an unassailable 2-0 lead. The final match is [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/india-fcOzl2uI/zimbabwe-pCUnmKBm/?mid=xQU9mvZo"]scheduled for Sunday[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/india-fcOzl2uI/zimbabwe-pCUnmKBm/?mid=Mau1TzlU"]A second victory in three days[/a] marked a turnaround for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India,[/a] who arrived in southern Africa after series losses in Ireland and England.[/p][p]Sooryavanshi, the 15-year-old batting prodigy who scored his maiden T20I half-century on Thursday in Harare, scored 20 runs.[/p][p]Put in to bat, India posted 219-5 with whirlwind stands of Kishan and Varma tormenting the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/zimbabwe/pCUnmKBm/"]Zimbabwe[/a] bowlers. Zimbabwe were all out for 129 in reply.[/p][embed guid="0358b949-d1b8-4c11-b7eb-e1b1bb6d4a46" url="https://x.com/BCCI/status/2081026411322806366" social-type="twitter" /][p]Batting at No. 3, Kishan put on 66 runs for the third wicket with captain Shreyas Iyer (25) and 95 for the fourth with Varma.[/p][p]Kishan struck two sixes and nine fours before slicing a Newman Nyamhuri delivery outside off stump. Brian Bennett darted forward from deep to pull off a superb catch.[/p][p]Varma, like Kishan, part of the 2026 T20I World Cup-winning team, struck three sixes and five fours in his undefeated knock.[/p][p]Sooryavanshi hit a six and three fours off nine balls before a sliced a pull off a Richard Ngarava delivery was caught by Blessing Muzarabani retreating from mid-on.[/p][embed guid="b57efc74-24b6-49f8-ac5f-8c2faa0ae858" url="https://x.com/BCCI/status/2081029207476629678" social-type="twitter" /][p]Zimbabwe lie 10 places below India in the world T20I rankings and were always struggling, with only opener Bennett (32) and wicketkeeper Tadiwanashe Marumani (24) enjoying some batting success.[/p][p]Yash Thakur claimed his first T20I wicket by dismissing Bennett. His delivery outside off was lobbed behind the stumps, and Kishan made a simple catch.[/p][p]Left-arm spinner Abhishek Sharma (3-17), another 2026 T20I World Cup winner, was the most successful Indian bowler.[/p]