New Zealand Crush Zimbabwe by 60 Runs in T20I Tri-Series Opener at Harare

Tim Seifert (75), Rachin Ravindra (63) and Ish Sodhi (4/12) were the stars as New Zealand flattened Zimbabwe by 60 runs in the second game of the current T20I tri-series tournament in Harare on Thursday and extended their clean sweep to three wins in three matches.

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Half centuries by Seifert and Rachin enabled Kiwis to put 190 runs on the board with 6 wickets down and then though Tony Munyonga put up 40 in 30 balls, the hosts could not score more than 130 runs in 18.5 overs.

Besides Sodhi, Matt Henry took two wickets as far as Kiwis are concerned.

Now the Kiwis will have to challenge South Africa in the final of T20I tri-series on Saturday, July 26, and it will be at Harare Sports Club.

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Brief Scores

New Zealand: 190/6 in 20 overs (Tim Seifert 75, Rachin Ravindra 63; Richard Ngarava 4/34)

Zimbabwe: 130/10 in 18.5 (Tony Munyonga 40, Dion Myers; Ish Sodhi 4/12)

Outcome: 60 run win to New Zealand

POTM: Ish Sodhi

Next game: New Zealand vs South Africa in Harare 26 July.

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