Historic First Ball
The last match of the 5 T20 match series between India and Zimbabwe is being played today, Sunday, at Harare Sports Club. Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza won the toss and chose to bowl first. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill started the innings for the Indian team, who came to bat first. Captain Raza bowled the first over for Zimbabwe. The Indian team created history on the very first ball of this over.
Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a six on the deep square leg on the first ball of the first over. It was a high full-toss ball, so the umpire declared it a no-ball. Jaiswal also hit another six on the free hit. In this way, a total of 13 runs were scored on the first ball of the match. With this, the Indian team became the team to score the most runs on the first ball of the innings in T20 International. He has broken Pakistan’s record in this matter.
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Comparison of First Ball Records
Pakistan scored 10 runs on the first ball in T20 against Sri Lanka in 2022. After this, in 2023, New Zealand scored 9 runs on the first ball of the T20 International innings against Pakistan. In 2019, 9 runs were scored on the first ball of the innings in a T20 match against Bhutan in Nepal. At the same time, Kenya scored 8 runs on the first ball of the innings in a T20 match against Uganda.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal’s Brief Innings
Talking about Yashasvi Jaiswal, he failed to play a big innings. Yashasvi, who missed a century in the last match, scored 12 runs off 5 balls at a strike rate of 240.00. During this, he also hit 2 brilliant sixes. Sikandar Raza took his wicket on the fourth ball of the very first over. The Zimbabwe captain bowled the Indian opener.
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