India eke out narrow win to clinch T20I series against Zimbabwe

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For a long time in Wednesday’s run-chase at the Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe looked set to upset India and seal a memorable series victory. In a heavily see-sawing fixture, the equation narrowed down to the last over where Zimbabwe required 21 off the final over.

Timycen Maruma raised hopes of the wildly-cheering crowd by narrowing it down to eight off two. It further went down to getting four of the last delivery, but Barinder Sran held his own to help India eke out a three-run victory and seal the three-match Twenty20 International series 2-1.

Brief scores: India 138-6 in 20 overs (Kedar Jadhav 58; Donald Tiripano 3-20) beat

Zimbabwe 135-6 in 20 overs (Vusi Sibanda 28; Dhawal Kulkarni 2-23) by three runs