• Scorecard: Zimbabwe vs India, 2nd T20I

IMAGE: Yash Thakur of India celebrates the wicket of Brian Bennett of Zimbabwe. Photograph: BCCI

India inflicted another heavy defeat on Zimbabwe when they won the second Twenty20 international at Harare Sports Club by 90 runs on Saturday to secure their three-match series.

Key Points

• India register first series win under T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer.
• Kishan, Tilak hit 50s.
• Yash Thakur gets two wickets on debut.

This was India's first-ever series win under new T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer as a clinical, all-round effort helped Men in Blue crush Zimbabwe.

India has won the series 2-0, after registering a 0-2 whitewash loss to Ireland and a 0-4 series loss to England during their UK tour. But with this win, Iyer finally has a series win to his name.

IMAGE: India captain Shreyas Iyer bats en route a 20-ball 25. Photograph: BCCI

India also equalled their own record for the most 200-plus totals in a calendar year after posting 219/5 against Zimbabwe, registering their ninth such score in 2026.

Ishan Kishan starred with a blistering 81 off 44 balls, while Tilak Varma remained unbeaten on 60 off 29 as the pair rescued India after early setbacks. Their partnership powered India past the 200-run mark, extending the team's all-time tally of 200-plus T20I totals to a record 52.

IMAGE: Ishan Kishan plays a pull short en route his 12th T20I half-century. Photograph: BCCI

Ishan Kishan scored 81 and Tilak Varma an unbeaten 60 as India amassed a formidable total of 219-5 after being put into bat before dismissing Zimbabwe cheaply for 129 to secure victory.

Kishan, whose runs came off 44 balls, and Tilak, who took 29 balls to get to 60, accelerated the scoring in the middle overs, taking advantage of bowling that was often too full.

IMAGE: Tilak Varma celebrates on scoring a fifty. Photograph: BCCI

They put on 94 off 44 balls for the fourth wicket before Ishan was caught in the deep mistiming a slog at a wide delivery.

IMAGE: Brian Bennett stroked a breezy 32 off 19 balls. Photograph: Kind courtesy Aman Patel/X

Zimbabwe faced a record run chase and, although opener Brian Bennett offered some early hope, they were always up against it and were dismissed in 17.5 overs.

Bennett reached a milestone of 2000 T20I runs en route his breezy knock, becoming only the third male Zimbabwe batter to achieve the feat.

Bennett played an array of strokes for 32 runs off 19 balls before falling to Yash Thakur, who finished with 2-30 on his T20 international debut.

IMAGE: Abhishek Sharma celebrates the wicket of Brand Evans. Photograph: BCCI

Once Bennett had been dismissed, there was a steady fall of wickets with the slow left-arm bowling of Abhishek Sharma producing the best figures of 3-17.

IMAGE: Prince Yadav celebrates the wicket of Ben Curran. Photograph: BCCI

India won the opening match of the three-game series at the Harare Sports Club by seven wickets with 40 balls to spare.

The last clash is on Sunday.