Melbourne: Team India defeated Zimbabwe by 71 runs in their last league match of T-20 World Cup. India will now face England in the semi-finals on November 10 in Adelaide.
On Sunday, Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. India scored 186 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Suryakumar Yadav scored 61 runs in 25 balls. During this he hit 6 fours and 4 sixes. KL Rahul also scored 51 runs in 35 balls. Sean Williams took the highest 2 wickets for Zimbabwe.
In reply, Zimbabwe were all out for 115 runs in 17.2 overs. Ashwin took 3 wickets. Hardik Pandya and Mohammed Shami got 2 wickets each.
India won 4 out of their 5 matches in Group-2 and reached No.1 with 8 points. The second team to qualify from this group is Pakistan. It has 6 points in 5 matches. In Group 1, New Zealand finished first and England second.
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