Avesh Khan have away 18 runs in the final over against Zimbabwe and finished with figures of 39 runs given in his fours overs by picking up a wicket. The match was finished ahead of the start of the final over. If it would have been close, then Avesh Khan’s expensive over could have been the cause of India’s headache in this game.
India and Zimbabwe faced off against each other in the third T20I game at Harare. Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bat first. India set a target of 183 runs too has for Zimbabwe in their 20 overs. Gill scored 66 runs off 49 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal, playing his first game in this series, scored 36 runs off 21 balls. Ruturaj Gaikwad coming to bat at number 4 in this game scored 49 runs off 28 balls. Abhishek Sharma failed in this game and scored just 10 runs off 9 balls.
In reply Zimbabwe could manage to score 159 runs in their 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. They lost the game by 23 runs and go behind by 2-1 in this series with 2 games still to play. Avesh Khan picked dup 2 wickets, Khaleel Ahmed picked up 1 wicket, and Washington Sundar picked up 3 wickets. Sundar received the player of the match award for his bowling exploits.
ZIM vs IND: Avesh Khan gave away 18 runs in the final over
Avesh Khan conceded two fours and one big is in his final over. Netizens did not stop in trolling Avesh Khan for his expensive final over in this game Khan has faced a lot of criticisms earlier for his expensive sells during the IPL and for India. Dion Myers and Wellington Masakadza took him apart in the final over of the game. It could have been a cause of headache for India, if Zimbabwe fielders had not done some poor misfielding which gave away 15-20 runs extra to the Indian batters.
Avesh Khan praised Shubman Gill’s captaincy at the end of the game. He stated: “Happy with my performance, I always try to have an impact for the team. I have no preference on where to ball, I am ready to bowl at any phase. Shubman is a bowler’s captain, gives us the freedom to set our fields and backs our plans. He is responsible for probably getting me 1-2 wickets today. (On Bishnoi) He is a good fielder, always takes catches like these, you would have seen it in the IPL as well. He always wants to take such extraordinary catches.”
