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Zimbabwe stun India: Twitterati upset over shock defeat, confident of come back

New Delhi, June 18: In a major upset, 'minnows' Zimbabwe pipped 'giants' India by two runs to win the first T20 International at the Harare Sports Club at Harare on Saturday (June 18).

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Chasing 171, India could only manage 168 as the visiting batsmen came under pressure for the very first time during the tour.

Indian batsman MS Dhoni plays a shot during the T20 International cricket match against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, on June, 18, 2016.


India needed just 8 runs off the final over with best match finisher MS Dhoni on strike. Zimbabwe kept things tight in the final over and snatched victory out of India's jaws.

Indian batters couldn't manage to reach the total against the Zimbabwe side on this tour with Manish Pandey top-scoring for the men-in-blue with 48 runs. while

India's loss against Zimbabwe shocked the Indian fans who took to Twitter to speak their minds out after shock defeat. If there were some who slammed MS Dhoni, then there were others who still reposed their faith in the India captain.

Here's how Twitterati reacted:

Those who slammed the skipper for loss:



OneIndia News

Story first published: Thursday, August 3, 2017, 7:32 [IST]
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