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Zimbabwe Women Opt to Bat First Against India in 2nd T20I
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News18•18-10-2026, 19:00
Zimbabwe Women Opt to Bat First Against India in 2nd T20I
- •Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to bat first against India Women in the second T20I at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur.
- •Zimbabwe captain Josephine Nkomo aims to build on a positive start by rotating the strike well and putting up a competitive total with an unchanged playing eleven.
- •India captain Smriti Mandhana stated her preference to bowl first and emphasized the need to improve their batting after slipping to 19/4 in the series opener.
- •India leads the three-match series 1-0 following a four-wicket victory in the opening match on Friday, despite an early batting collapse during the chase of 115 runs.
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Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to bat first against India Women in the second T20I at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur.
India Women secured a four-wicket victory over Zimbabwe Women in the opening T20I after successfully chasing down a target of 115 in 15.4 overs.
After slipping to 19 for 4, India recovered thanks to Deepti Sharma and debutant Niki Prasad, who shared an 82-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
