India Sets Massive 257-Run Target Against Zimbabwe in T20 World Cup Super 8 Clash

Chennai. India has set a massive target of 257 runs for Zimbabwe in the eighth Super-8 match of the T20 World Cup. The team scored 256 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. This is the second-highest score in the history of the T20 World Cup. The highest score in the T20 World Cup is 260 runs, which was set by Sri Lanka against Kenya in 2007.

In this match held at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai, Zimbabwe's captain Sikandar Raza won the toss and elected to bowl first. India built a huge total of 256 runs with the help of Abhishek Sharma's 55 runs, Hardik Pandya's unbeaten 50 runs, and Tilak Varma's unbeaten 44 runs.

This score is also India's highest ever in the T20 World Cup. The previous record was 218 runs, set against England in 2007. In that match played in Durban, Yuvraj Singh hit 6 consecutive sixes in an over from Stuart Broad.

Four Zimbabwean bowlers took one wicket each today.