India survived a last-over scare to edge past hosts Zimbabwe and clinch the T20 series 2-1. A young Indian team scored a close three-run win in the third and final Twenty20 International. Put into bat India could manage only 138 after Kedar Jadhav bailed them out with a solid 58 off 42 balls.

Zimbabwe started their innings well but Barinder Sran and Dhawal Kulkarni picked up two wickets each to halt their run chase. In a dramatic final over, the hosts needing 21 runs were very close to a historic win but Sran held his nerve for a thrilling win for India.

In a completely one-sided encounter India thrashed hosts Zimbabwe by 10 wickets to level the T20 series 1-1. Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat first. India pace bowlers Barinder Sran 4(10) and Jasprit Bumrah 3(11) restricted the hosts to only 99 for 9. Chasing 100 for a win, opener KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 47 and Mandeep Singh hit his maiden T20 fifty as India routed Zimbabwe by 10 wickets and level the series 1-0.

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Zimbabwe shock India by 2 runs in the first T20 match. After winning the ODI series 3-0, India decided to test their bench, paving the way for 5 debutants in the playing XI. Rishi Dhawan, Mandeep Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal all making their T20 debut for India. Put into bat, the hosts scored an impressive 170 runs for 6 wickets. Chigumbura blasting 54 off only 26 balls. In reply Manish Pandey was the highest scorer with 48 and Mahendra Singh despite remaining not out for 19, couldn’t finish off the game.