Zimbabwe vs India: How old were Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma when Zimbabwe played Team India for the last time in India?

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Ishan Kishan was only 4 years old…when Zimbabwe and India last played in India

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Zimbabwe vs India: Indian team has to play its next match against Zimbabwe in the ICC T20 World Cup. After losing the match to South Africa, now the remaining two matches for Team India are do or die to reach the semi-finals. The last time the Zimbabwean team played the Indian team in the ODI series in India was in 2001.

Ishan Kishan was only 4 years old...when Zimbabwe and India last played in IndiaZoom

The last match between India and Zimbabwe was held in India in 2002.

New Delhi. The ICC T20 World Cup had started very well for the Indian cricket team. By winning all the matches of the group stage, the team entered the Super 8. While moving towards the semi-finals, it suffered a crushing defeat against South Africa in the very first match. Now Team India will have to win both the remaining Super 8 matches by a big margin to reach the last four. The team’s next match is to be with the Zimbabwean team. This team played an important role in defeating Australia and eliminating them from the tournament at the group stage. In such a situation, Zimbabwe is being considered a big threat for Team India. The good thing is that this team has not played any match against the Indian team since 2002.

Everyone will be keeping an eye on the match between India and Zimbabwe in the ICC T20 World Cup. This match has become very important from the point of view of Team India. Even if India loses by mistake, it will almost be out of the tournament. Before every match, everyone starts finding out when and where the last clash between the two teams took place. What was the result of that match? So we are going to tell you about it. It will also tell what was the age of the two openers Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma when the two teams last clashed in India.

When was the last time Zimbabwe played India in India?

So far only 1 match has been played between India and Zimbabwe in the ICC T20 World Cup. This match was played between the two teams in Melbourne, Australia in November 2022. After scoring 185 runs, India all out Zimbabwe on the score of 115 runs and won the match by 71 runs. Till now Zimbabwe has not played any T20 match against India. The last ODI was played on March 19, 2002 in Guwahati in which India scored 333 runs for 6 wickets. Zimbabwe team was all out for 232 runs.

How old were Ishaan and Abhishek then?

When the last match was played between India and Zimbabwe on Indian soil, both the openers of Team India were very young. Ishan Kishan was born on 18th July 1998 and accordingly he would have been around 4 years old. Whereas Abhishek Sharma was born on 4 September 2000. In such a situation, his age was only 2 years in 2002.

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Viplove Kumar

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