भारत vs ज़िम्बाब्वे, सुपर 8 - मैच 8, एमए चिदंबरम स्टेडियम, चेन्नई, 26 February 2026 - लाइव कमेंट्री

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Short and outside off, Brian Bennett tries to hit it too hard and bunts it out to extra cover.

Pushes it fuller, on middle, Brian Bennett drills it back to the bowler.

Floated, shortish and outside off, Brian Bennett makes a bit of room and slices it over covers for a run.

FOUR! The boundary will bring up the 100 for Zimbabwe. Short of a length, on the fifth stump, enough for Raza to free his arms and slap it through wide mid off. Shivam Dube ambles to his left and watches the ball crash into the boundary cushions.

Good fielding! Short and on middle, Sikandar Raza rocks back and pulls it away wide of deep mid-wicket. He thinks it is going for a boundary and does not run, but Tilak Varma is quick to run to his left and pushes the ball back inside. Raza sets off late and only gets one.

WIDE! Axar Patel has to reload this one. Wide outside off, beyond the tramline and a touch fuller in length. Brian Bennett makes a leave to get the bonus run.

Axar Patel ends his over, bowling a yorker, just outside off, Brian Bennett jams it to cover and gets a single.

Back of a length and on off, Sikandar Raza steers it away towards point. Axar Patel moves to his left but only makes a half-stop. A single taken.

SIX! FIFTY FOR BENNETT! An excellent knock from him as he brings up his third-half century in this World Cup. Jasprit Bumrah follows the batter and bangs this short into the pitch, on leg. Brian Bennett backs away, manages to get on top of the bounce, and plays it like a tennis player's forehand smash. It goes all the way over the long on fence for a biggie. Not an easy shot to play, and to do it to Bumrah, you need a lot of skill.

Pitched up and around off, Brian Bennett drills it to extra cover.

Much fuller this time from Bumrah, around the boots of the batter. Brian Bennett flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.  

Back of a length and around off, Sikandar Raza hops up and stabs it out towards extra cover for one.

Spills out a full toss, on the stumps, Brian Bennett flicks it to deep square leg and retains the strike by taking the single.

Floated, short and on middle and leg, angles in too. Sikandar Raza has no room to work with and stabs it on the pitch.

SIX! Sikandar Raza goes big! Varun Chakaravarthy drags his length back once again, on the stumps. Sikandar Raza gets on his back foot and hammers it over the deep mid-wicket region for a huge six.

Quicker and shorter, on leg, Sikandar Raza flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Short, outside off, Brian Bennett opens the face of the bat towards the left of the backward point fielder, who dives and makes a half stop. Single taken.

Flighted, full and on off, Sikandar Raza drills it to long off for one.

Googly, shortish, outside leg, Brian Bennett hangs back and bunts it back to the bowler.

Floated, full and on middle, Sikandar Raza eases it to long on for a single.

Axar Patel bowls it short outside off, Brian Bennett looks to belt it over cover, but gets the inside edge. The ball rolls to long on and the batter gets a single.

Tossed up, full and on off, Sikandar Raza backs away and lofts it to long off for another run.

Quicker this time, fuller, around off, Brian Bennett miscues his pull to long on to get a single.

Close! Slower through the air, full and on middle, angling in sharply. Sikandar Raza makes room to go big down the ground but misses as the ball just goes past the leg stump.

In the air... but lands safely! Short of a length, just outside off, Sikandar Raza clears his front foot and attempts to pull it but gets the connection from the upper part of his willow. The ball drops short of Abhishek Sharma, who charges in from long on. Single taken.

Flicked from the front of the hand, on a nagging length, on middle. Dion nudges it through mid-wicket for a run.

Shortish, around off, googly, Brian Bennett cuts it to deep point for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Dion Myers holes out! Looped up by Varun Chakaravarthy, googly on a length, on off. Dion Myers gets down on a knee and looks to launch it down the ground. The ball spins back in and Myers ends up getting too close to the ball. He cannot swing his arms through and it is skied towards wide mid on. Tilak Varma from deep mid-wicket and Hardik Pandya from long on converge. Tilak calls for it and makes no mistake.

Turning in, fuller, pitching it just outside off. Sikandar Raza lunges to drive it away, but gets nicked on the inside edge and wears on his front pad.

Short and around off, Raza glides it behind point and gets off the mark with a single.

Short, on middle, Brian Bennett bunts it to the left of the bowler.

Full and speared in, on middle and leg. Myers steps out and chips it to deep square leg for a single.

SIX! All the way! Tossed up, on a length, on middle. Brian Bennett jumps out of the crease and swings through the line. Tonks it over long on for a six.

FOUR! Good proactive batting! Full and drifting in from around the wicket, Bennett makes room and gets under the ball to go inside out over cover. He beats the fielder in the deep to his right.

Full-length delivery, around off, Brian Bennett drives it uppishly to long off. Single taken.

Flat and short, on off, slapped to deep cover for a single.

SIX! This has been sent out of the park! Axar Patel pushes his length fuller, on middle. Brian Bennett crouches down on one knee and slog sweeps it over the deep mid-wicket fence for half a dozen.

On a good length, on middle, Dion pushes it to long on for a single.

Bumrah pushes it fuller, on middle, Brian Bennett taps it back to the bowler. 

Bumrah goes searching for the yorker, it comes out as a low full toss, on the off stump. Bennett drives it to deep point for one. 50 comes up for Zimbabwe!

Bumrah bends his back and offers a bouncer, on middle. Dion Myers ducks underneath the delivery.

Another short ball, on off, Dion drags the pull in front of square for a single.

Huge appeal for caught behind but the umpire remains unmoved! However, Sanju Samson and Jasprit Bumrah are both confident with the appeal and SKY takes the review. This is another bouncer, outside off, Brian Bennett looks to heave it away, but misses the connection. The UltraEdge shows up and there is no spike. The on-field decision stands.

Going across off, on a nagging length, Tadiwanashe Marumani punches it to cover.

OUT! CAUGHT! Axar Patel strikes with his second ball. Flatter and a bit fuller, outside off. Tadiwanashe Marumani presses back and looks to force it away on the off side. Gets a thickish outside edge that goes straight to cover, where Ishan Kishan takes the catch around his face on the edge of the ring. The 44-run opening stand is broken.

Leg bye! Around off, on a good length, Myers walks inside the line to play the paddle but misses. Half a shout for LBW but the impact is outside the line. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes behind to short fine leg.

Short, around middle, Brian Bennett tucks it to mid-wicket.

Short and sliding on with the arm, this is whipped to long on for a single.

WIDE! Arm ball, short and down the leg side, Dion Myers misses his flick.

Tossed up, on off, Dion Myers drives it wide of long off to get a single.

SIX! Incredible shot! Varun Chakaravarthy begins from around the wicket, on a nagging length, on middle. Tadiwanashe Marumani brings out the reverse and gets his hands through the ball to hit over backward point for a six.

Varun switches to over the wicket and this is pushed through, full and on leg. Marumani attempts the reverse again but one hand comes off the bat handle and he ends up missing.

Shorter and flatter, on middle, Tadiwanashe Marumani stabs it down the strip.

DROPPED! Rinku Singh did all the hard work but could not cling on. Tossed up, this is the googly, full and across off. Tadiwanashe Marumani gets down on a knee for the slog sweep. It is skied towards the wide long on region, where Rinku, on as a sub, turns around and goes after it. He could have taken another step and got closer to the ball. Singh gets both hands out in front around his waist, but the ball clips his fingertips and drops to the ground. A lifeline for Marumani.

Quicker one, short and on middle, Tadiwanashe Marumani clips it through mid-wicket for one.

Drags his length back again, on middle, Brian Bennett stays back and heaves it wide of deep mid-wicket. Abhishek Sharma moves to his left and slides to make the stop. Two taken. Zimbabwe finish the Powerplay on 44/0.

Delivers it on a hard length, on middle and leg. Brian turns it to mid-wicket.

FOUR! Effortless! A bit too straight, at the hips, on a back of a length. Bennett picks it up off the pads whilst staying deep in the crease. The ball bounces just in front of the ropes at deep backward square leg before going over.

Jasprit Bumrah responds with an off-cutter, on a good length, around off. Brian swings for the hills but misses.

Full and drifting in at the pads, Brian brings his bat out in front and clips it to mid-wicket.

FOUR! Nicely done! Bumrah bowls the off-cutter, on a good length, on off and middle. Bennett clears the front leg and waits for the ball to arrive. He swings cleanly and thumps it back over the bowler's head for a four.

Good awareness from Brian Bennett! A searing yorker, right at the base of the middle stump. Bennett hurriedly drops his bat down on the ball and it bounces towards the stumps before Bennett sticks out his right leg and kicks it away.

Pandya bends his back and digs it in short, over middle. Marumani hops to ride the bounce and tries to fend it down. The ball catches the splice of the blade and drops down.

Fuller, keeping the stumps in play. Tadiwanashe Marumani backs away and has a big heave across the line. Gets an inside edge down to deep fine leg. Just a single.

On the top of off, angled in on a good length. Brian Bennett stays leg side of the ball and pats it to the right of Ishan Kishan at deep backward point for a couple of runs.

Pandya spots the batter backing away, and he follows him with a short-of-a-length ball. Bennett jabs it hard but picks out the man at mid-wicket.

Miscued but safe! On a good length, slanted in, on middle. Brian Bennett clears the front leg and has a swing across the line. He plays the shot well in front of his body. The leading edge pops up and goes over mid off, where Shivam Dube turns around and goes after it, but the ball drops out of his reach. Bennett collects a couple.

Skidding through, on a back of a length, on middle. This is pulled in front of square on the leg side for a run.

Lands it on a good length, on off, Brian Bennett runs it down to deep third and gets to the other end.

Swinging back in, on a back of a good length, on off. Marumani swings hard at it but is beaten for pace as the ball whistles past the outside edge.

Wide! Banged in short, this is sprayed down leg. Tadiwanashe ducks under it.

Nearly went to hand! Singh pitches it up and gets the ball to curve away. This is near the tramline on off. Marumani reaches out but toe-ends the drive. It goes uppishly to cover, where Axar Patel moves to his left and dives but the ball gets to him on the bounce. It gets past him and goes behind for a couple.

On a back of a length, angled in, on middle and leg. Tadiwanashe gets on his toes for the pull but the ball skids through to go under the bat.

Fuller in length, on middle, this is knocked in front of mid on for a single.

FOUR! Up and over! On a length, on middle. Brian Bennett walks into the shot and plays the lofted drive to the right of mid off for a boundary.

SIX! Off the top edge, and it goes all the way! Leaving the left-hander, on a short of a length. Marumani swivels on the back foot to pull it away. The ball kicks up to catch the top edge and it goes behind the keeper for a six.

This comes back in and hurries the batter up. On a good length, on middle. Tadiwanashe Marumani awkwardly fends it down.

Pandya bashes the hard length, on off, Marumani hangs back and mistimes the pull to mid-wicket.

Cutting across the left-hander, on a good length, Marumani pokes at it and is lucky not to nick this one behind. Hardik is mixing it up to keep the southpaw guessing.

Fuller in length, swinging away, Tadiwanashe Marumani does not move his feet at all and plays the drive with his hands. He mistimes it to cover.

The length is pulled back and this hoops back into the left-hander. Tadiwanashe hops to deal with it but the ball keeps coming back into him. It goes off the thigh pad towards slip.

Across off, on a hard length, Bennett hops and extends his hands to dab it to deep point for a single. Brian is underway, as are Zimbabwe.

In the channel, a hint of away shape, on a good length. Marumani pats it in front of cover-point and pinches a quick single to get off the mark.

Beaten! Moving back into the right-hander, on a good length, on top of off. Brian Bennett pushes out in front of his body, but the ball goes past his vertical blade.

Fractionally short, over off, Bennett has a swing across the line. Swipes it to the left of deep square leg, where Ishan Kishan mops it up. A brace for Bennett.

A big swing and a miss! Moving back in, on a nagging length, in line with the off stump. Brian gets the front leg out of the way and has a hoick across the line. Luckily for him, the bounce takes the ball over the off stump.

Pushes the length up, a yorker, on the off stump. Bennett jams it out to point.