Twitter Reactions: India gain an unassailable lead of 2-0 with another one sided victory

In the second ODI between both the teams at Harare, India again managed to get the better of Zimbabwe and thus gained an unassailable lead of 2-0 with one game left in the series. In the beginning, Dhoni again won the toss as he put Zimbabwe to bat first and decided to exploit the conditions.

Zimbabwe had another patchy start as they were reduced to 39/3 before Sibanda struck a half century and recovered Zimbabwe from the early slump. At 106/3, they looked good for a total around 200 but Chahal spun the web as he struck thrice. Zimbabwe lost their way and were bundled for 126.

Indian batsmen again didn’t have much of a task. After a good start, KL Rahul found an inside edge. Following that, Nair along with Rayudu took India off shore comfortably. With Pandey scoring the winning runs, India won the game by 8 wickets with more than 20 overs to spare. Chahal was awarded the man of the match for his outstanding bowling.

After this win, MS Dhoni now has 12 ODI series wins overseas which is the most by an Indian captain. With the series done and dusted, India would be looking forward to a whitewash with the next game on Wednesday. We might also see some changes with those on the bench getting a chance.

Also read – Zim v Ind, 2nd ODI Review: India clinch the series with 8-wicket win

Twitter had much to tell about another one sided encounter with the hosts being outplayed completely. Right from stats and analysis to trolling Ntini for his comments of putting India under the carpet. Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game

Ambati Rayudu 50.23 now the only 8th ODI batsmen (with atleast 500 career runs) to average 50+
This list incl 3 Indians (Kohli/MSD)#ZimvInd

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 13, 2016

Hard to believe that was an international game. Anyway, got to do what India has done, irrespective of the opponent's quality.

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) June 13, 2016

Is Ntini one of those 57? Wonder what his application is like – crayons? #ZIMvIND

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) June 13, 2016

Dhoni as captain has now won ODI series in all countries except SA & PAK and bilateral series against all teams except Bangladesh #ZIMvIND

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) June 13, 2016

India C – 2 Zimbabwe – 0.#ZIMvIND

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) June 13, 2016

1st ODI – India lose one wicket

2nd ODI – India lose two wickets

3rd ODI – India lose three wickets?#ZIMvIND

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) June 13, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/742321578923294720

Zimbabwe 'used' to be a tough team to beat…more so at home. Hopefully somebody is investigating why things have gone downhill so badly!

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 13, 2016

Ntini should really be ashamed of saying they will put India under carpet to force A teams on tour, outclassed by miles. #ZIMvIND

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) June 13, 2016

Most ODI runs for India after first 2 games
148 Navjot Singh Sidhu
133 KL Rahul#ZIMvIND

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 13, 2016

The last time (before Rahul & Karun today) two Indian openers aged less than 25 put together a 50+ opening partnership in an ODI was in 2004

— Arun Gopalakrishnan (@statanalyst) June 13, 2016

For a fan #ZIMvIND has been,
as engaging as weekly team meetings
as entertaining as grocery shopping &
as rewarding as year end bonus

— cricBC (@cricBC) June 13, 2016

Only 90's kids witnessed Best India vs Zimbabwe matches..

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) June 13, 2016

Zimbabwe is scoring T20 totals in ODIs. Wonder, what will be its T20 scores.#ZIMvIND

— Jalandar (@scriblng) June 13, 2016

'Dismal' is the only word to describe Zim batting I'm afraid…

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) June 13, 2016

25 overs, Zimbabwe were 106 for 3 and they are 126 all out … #INDvZIM

— Manikanta Aravind? (@Ma_aravind) June 13, 2016

Zim 126 all out & Zim coach Mkhaya Ntini was like 'if you send a second string team, we will put them under the carpet' #ZIMvIND

— cricBC (@cricBC) June 13, 2016

Let The Zimbabwe bat again and Ask India to chase that combine total, that would be a MATCH #INDvZIM

— The Art of Leaving (@TheYorkerBall) June 13, 2016

Dhawal Kulkarni has been really disappointing in the two games.

— Alagappan Vijaykumar (@IndianMourinho) June 13, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/742249642763554818

India win the toss and elect to defeat Zimbabwe by wickets margin rather than no of runs. #ZIMvIND

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) June 13, 2016