IND vs ZIM Super 8 - Match 8 Highlights - Chennai (26 February 2026)

Short of a length and outside off, Brian Bennett slaps it wide of deep point. The fielder runs to his right and stops it with his foot. Two taken.

SIX! Out of the park! Dube bangs it in short, on off. Just above the waist. Brian Bennett clears the front leg and slams the pull over wide long on for a biggie.

FOUR! A boundary now! Back of a length and on middle and off. Brian Bennett gives himself some room and thumps it past the bowler for four runs.

FOUR MORE! 16 runs already with a couple of balls to go! Fuller delivery, just outside off. Brian Bennett throws his bat at it. Gets an outside edge that flies past the keeper, to the third man fence for a boundary.

WIDE! Fuller again but way outside off, Brian Bennett throws his hands again but fails to reach it. Wided. That also brings up the 50-run stand between these two batters.

Nails the wide yorker this time, just inside the tramline, on off. Brian Bennett fails to dig it out.

He should have left that! Shivam Dube follows the batter and bowls it way outside off, out of the strip. Brian Bennett somehow manages to reach out and bunt it out. Well, it does not matter because it is a No Ball for not landing on the cut strip. Free Hit to follow.

WIDE! Wide yorker gone wrong, outside off. Brian Bennett lets it go and gets the wide call.

WIDE! Tough call this time. Fuller and around off, close to the tramline. Brian Bennett leaves it alone. He almost throws his bat in the air in disappointment, but the umpire calls it a wide again. Free Hit is still on.

SIX! Makes full use of the Free Hit! Fuller and outside off, Brian Bennett extends his arms to reach out for it and carves it over extra cover for a six. End of a long over from Dube, 26 runs off it.

SIX! Into the crowd! Floated, full and around leg. Sikandar Raza gets his front leg out of the way and smacks it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Short and outside off, Sikandar Raza cuts it away to deep point for a single.

Swing and a miss! Slows it up, full and on middle, turns away. Brian Bennett has a slog across the line but misses. Sanju Samson fails to gather it cleanly and allows a bye.

Flat and short, on off, Sikandar Raza steers it to backward point.

FOUR! Superb shot! A bit of flight on this one, full and on off. Sikandar Raza goes inside out and lofts it nicely wide of long off for a boundary.

Dragged back and outside off, Sikandar Raza slaps it to extra cover and hurries across for a run. 

Short of a length and on off, Sikandar Raza swings for the hills. He loses his shape and gets an inside edge on his pads as the ball goes nowhere.

OUT! CAUGHT! Arshdeep Singh gets among the wickets now. He hits the length hard and on middle. Sikandar Raza hangs back and looks to go over long on, but does not get the elevation as he connects with the bottom half of the bat. It flies straight to Abhishek Sharma, who makes no mistake. 33rd wicket in T20 World Cups for Arshdeep, level with Jasprit Bumrah for most wickets for India in this tournament's history. Zimbabwe are 144/3.

A well-directed bouncer to welcome the new batter, on middle, Ryan Burl ducks under it.

OUT! LBW! An excellent review from India and Arshdeep Singh gets his second of the over. Arshdeep overtakes Bumrah, and he now has the most wickets (34) for India in T20 World Cups. Fuller and on middle, angling in, Ryan Burl fails to clip it away and the ball goes off his pads and rolls to the off side. A leg bye taken. Arshdeep Singh turns around and puts his hands up in the air to ask the question to the umpire, but gets nothing. SKY takes the review. UltraEdge confirms no bat involved and Ball Tracking comes up with three reds, with the ball hitting the leg stump. Arshdeep has a look at Sanju Samson, who might have suggested it was going down the leg side.

EDGED AND FOUR! Good length and just around off. Tony Munyonga gets squared up trying to play at it. It takes the outside edge and flies past the keeper to the third man fence for a boundary.

FOUR! Nothing lucky about this one! Back of a length and on middle and leg. Tony Munyonga gets inside the line of it and pulls it to the deep backward square leg fence for four more runs. 150 up for Zimbabwe.

In the blockhole, on middle, Brian Bennett jams it out off the inner half of the bat through square leg for a single.

Another yorker, on off, Tony Munyonga digs it out through point for a run.

FOUR! That is a fine shot! Hardik Pandya sees the batter move across, serves this full, outside off. Brian Bennett looks to go for the scoop but adjusts to the line of the ball. He holds the bat like a frying pan and reverse scoops it over short third for a boundary.

A low full toss, on off, Brian Bennett swings but gets an inside edge onto his pads as the ball rolls to the off side beside the pitch. They cross.

Hardik Pandya gets another yorker right, on middle, Tony Munyonga digs it out towards long on and turns around for the second run. The fielder picks up and has a shy at the bowler's end but misses, with Bennett scampering to the danger end.

Swing and a miss! Pitched up and on off, dips in late. Tony Munyonga tries to go big down the ground but misses as the ball goes under his bat to the keeper.

Fuller and around off, Brian Bennett squeezes it out towards point for a single.

OUT! BOWLED 'EM! Number 3 for Arshdeep Singh. He comes around the wicket, nails the yorker, on middle, tailing in. Tony Munyonga backs away a bit too much and fails to get his bat in line with the ball. It goes under the blade and crashes into the stumps. Zimbabwe are 162/5 now.

Another excellent yorker, on middle and off. Tashinga Musekiwa opens the face of his bat and digs it out to third man for a run.

Arshdeep Singh just keeps hitting the yorkers. This one is just outside off, Brian Bennett fails to lay a bat on it. However, Suryakumar Yadav takes a review for caught behind here. The replay clearly shows a gap between bat and ball, and the on-field call of Not Out stands.

Low full toss, around off, Brian Bennett drills it away but cannot beat backward point.

Pitched up and on middle, Brian Bennett forces it down to long off for a run. Arshdeep Singh finishes a good spell of bowling with figures of 4-0-24-3.

A loopy slower one, dipping in, Brian Bennett gets low and swipes it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Oh..wow! That just slips out of the hand of Shivam Dube. A very high full toss, over the head of the batter. Tashinga Musekiwa ducks under it. No Ball. Free Hit is up next.

WIDE! Tries the slower bouncer now, but bangs this way too high over the batter. Tashinga Musekiwa lets it go. Wided and the Free Hit stays.

SIX! Clean strike! Fuller delivery, on middle. Tashinga Musekiwa clears his front leg away and smokes it over the sight screen for a biggie.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Superb grab by the keeper. Shivam Dube gets the back-of-the-hand slower one right this time, full and on off. Tashinga Musekiwa slogs across the line way too early and gets a thin outside edge behind. Sanju Samson flings himself to his right and takes a fantastic catch with his outstretched right hand.

Slower delivery, full and on middle, Brad Evans clips it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! That is outta here! Full again and on middle, angling in, pace on this time. Brian Bennett opens up his stance and heaves it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie.

FOUR! Brian Bennett stays unbeaten on 97! INDIA WIN BY 72 RUNS. Shivam Dube pitches it up, on middle. Brian Bennett once again targets the leg side and slogs it to the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary this time.