Sodhi, Seifert, Ravindra star in New Zealand’s comprehensive win

New Zealand's Comprehensive Win Over Zimbabwe

Key Performers

• Tim Seifert: 75 off 45, 12th T20I fifty in 33 deliveries
• Rachin Ravindra: 63 off 39, aggressive half-century in 32 deliveries
• Ish Sodhi: career-best 4 for 12, 3 wickets in the PowerPlay
• Richard Ngarava: 4 for 34, pick of the bowlers for Zimbabwe

Match Summary

New Zealand finished atop the points table with a 60-run victory over hosts Zimbabwe in the last round-robin game of the T20I tri-series in Harare. Opting to bat, New Zealand lost opener Tim Robinson early but Seifert and Ravindra combined for 108-run stand for the second wicket to set the base for their match-winning total of 190/6.

New Zealand's Innings

• Tim Seifert and Rachin Ravindra combined for 108-run stand for the second wicket
• Ravindra was the aggressor, taking the attack to Zimbabwe from the get go
• Seifert caught up soon enough, bringing his 12th T20I fifty in 33 deliveries
• Michael Bracewell played a handy cameo of 26 not out in 16 deliveries

Zimbabwe's Innings

• New Zealand brought Sodhi on in the PowerPlay itself, and the spinner picked up three cheap wickets inside the fifth over of the chase
• Zimbabwe finished their PowerPlay with 38/4
• The recovery was very difficult from that point, and barring the 51-run partnership between Tony Munyonga and Tashinga Musekiwa, there was no fight
• It was Sodhi once again who broke that stand, from where Zimbabwe's lower-order just collapsed