Riding upon a sensational century from Abhishek Sharma, playing his second game in India colours, the Shubman Gill-led side staged a remarkable comeback to post an imposing 234/2 in the allotted 20 overs. This score stands as India's best against Zimbabwe in T20I cricket. Another key highlight in the game was the explosive scoring in the last 10 overs, where the Indians amassed 160 runs off 60 balls, including 82 runs off the last 5 overs alone. IND vs ZIM 2nd T20I: Historic Batting In Last 10 Overs India's performance in the final 10 overs set a new record in T20I cricket. They surpassed Sri Lanka, who had scored 159 runs in the last 10 overs against Kenya in 2007. This feat places India at the top of the list for the most runs scored in the last 10 overs of a T20I match. The Indian batting lineup displayed formidable power, particularly in the closing stages of the innings. Rinku Singh's Record-Breaking Knock Vs Zimbabwe Sharma - who was criticised for his duck in the debut game a few hours back - was the star of the match, scoring a brilliant 100 off 44 deliveries. Ruturaj Gaikwad contributed an unbeaten 77, while the finisher Rinku Singh played a blazing innings of 48 not out off just 22 balls, including 5 sixes and 2 fours. The left-handed batter's aggressive batting also broke a record held by Suryakumar Yadav for the most sixes by an Indian batsman in the 19th and 20th overs of a T20I match. Rinku - who was a part of the Indian reserves in the T20 World Cup 2024 - showcased an exceptional performance, hitting two consecutive sixes in the final overs to climb to fourth place on the list of Indian batsmen with the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of T20I matches. The Uttar Pradesh batter has now hit 17 sixes off 48 balls in these overs, surpassing Suryakumar Yadav, who had 14 sixes off 62 balls. The list, however, is topped by Hardik Pandya with 32 sixes off 193 balls. Most Sixes by Indian Batsmen in the 19th and 20th Overs of T20Is

Rank	Player	Sixes	Balls Faced
1	Hardik Pandya	32	193
2	Virat Kohli	24	158
3	MS Dhoni	19	258
4	Rinku Singh	17	48
5	Suryakumar Yadav	14	62
6	Dinesh Karthik	14	97
7	Yuvraj Singh	13	50

Most Sixes by Indian Batsmen in the 20th Over of T20Is Regarding most maximums hit by an Indian batter in the final overs of T20Is, Hardik Pandya ranks first followed by MS Dhoni. Suryakumar is third in the list while Rinku is fifth after Dinesh Karthik. Rinku has more sixes than Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma though.

Rank	Player	Sixes
1	Hardik Pandya	13
2	MS Dhoni	12
3	Suryakumar Yadav	11
4	Dinesh Karthik	9
5	Rinku Singh	8
6	Virat Kohli	8
7	Rohit Sharma	6

Later, Indian bowlers also played their part well in the game as they restricted Zimbabwe for 134 in the run chase and ended up winning the game by 100 runs and levelled the 5 match series 1-1.