Not many expected Zimbabwe to qualify for the Super 8 stage but Sikandar Raza’s team was brilliant in the group stage, stunning Australia and also beating Sri Lanka. The African nation had a poor outing against the West Indies as they suffered an ignominious loss of 107 runs at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

Similarly, not many expected India to be in a do-or-die situation after just one game in the Super 8 stage. The Men in Blue have been the best T20I team in the last two years but they were just not up to the mark against South Africa, suffering a 76-run loss, and now find themselves in a must-win territory as their NRR is not in a healthy space.

India was bowled out for 111 against the Proteas and there is no doubt that they must pull up their socks with the bat as they have been hit and miss in the tournament.

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Kuldeep Yadav needs five wickets to complete 100 scalps in T20Is, and he would become the fourth Indian bowler and first spinner to get to the landmark after Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, and Hardik Pandya.

Sanju Samson needs 11 fours to complete 100 boundaries.

Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav needs seven fours to complete 300 boundaries in T20Is.

Shivam Dube needs 86 runs to complete 1000 runs in T20Is.

Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza needs 15 runs to reach the 3000-run mark in T20Is.

Tadiwanashe Marumani needs five sixes to complete 50 maximums in T20Is.

Ryan Burl needs 57 runs to complete 2000 runs in T20Is.

Brad Evans needs five wickets to complete 50 scalps in T20Is.

India Squad: Ishan Kishan(w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson

Zimbabwe Squad: Tadiwanashe Marumani(w), Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Ryan Burl, Sikandar Raza(c), Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Graeme Cremer, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Ben Curran, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maposa, Wellington Masakadza