Shafali Verma scored 55 from 25 balls as India Women beat Zimbabwe Women by nine wickets in the second T20I at Raipur on October 18, 2026. BCCI’s scorecard records India reaching 104/1 in 8.5 overs after Zimbabwe made 102/8 from their full 20. Smriti Mandhana finished unbeaten on 47 from 25 balls.
The result brought together an aggressive opening partnership and a bowling effort that kept the target to 103. It also leaves a short turnaround before the third T20I, scheduled in the same city for October 20 at 7 p.m. IST. The useful context for Shafali’s half-century is how far she and Mandhana took the chase before India lost a wicket.
Second T20I: the official match figures
| Item | BCCI record |
|---|---|
| Zimbabwe innings | 102/8 in 20 overs |
| India innings | 104/1 in 8.5 overs; won by 9 wickets |
| Shafali Verma | 55 from 25 balls; 6 fours, 4 sixes |
| Smriti Mandhana | 47 not out from 25 balls |
| Niki Prasad | 2 wickets for 7 in 2 overs |
| Next T20I | October 20, 7 pm IST; Raipur |
8.5 overs means 53 legal balls. Next-match date and time are from BCCI’s October 6 announcement.
A 96-run opening stand put the chase within reach
India’s first wicket fell at 96 in the eighth over, with Shafali caught off Beloved Biza at 7.5 overs. Her six fours and four sixes accounted for 48 of her 55 runs. Mandhana contributed six fours and two sixes in her unbeaten innings. The opening stand had therefore carried India to within seven runs of the 103 target before the partnership ended.
Anushka Sharma was unbeaten on one when the chase finished. The notation 8.5 means eight completed overs and five legal balls, not 8.5 decimal overs: India had used 53 legal deliveries, leaving 67 of the scheduled 120. That helps explain the scale of the nine-wicket margin alongside the boundary-heavy opening stand.
Two wickets at 75 checked Zimbabwe’s innings
Zimbabwe’s innings had a period of recovery before Niki Prasad removed Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano for 34 at 14.1 overs and Nyasha Gwanzura on the next ball. The official fall-of-wickets record moves from 75/3 to 75/5 without another run. Niki finished with two wickets for seven from two overs, while captain Josephine Nkomo remained unbeaten on 27.
Those dismissals interrupted Zimbabwe’s effort to build from the middle overs, and the innings closed at 102/8. The scorecard establishes the sequence and totals; it cannot by itself explain every bowling decision or measure the pressure felt by each batter. Taken together with India’s opening stand, it shows contributions in both innings rather than assigning the result solely to one half-century.
The next fixture and what this result shows
BCCI’s October 6 tour announcement lists the third T20I for Tuesday, October 20, at 7 p.m. IST in Raipur. The linked match centre provides the official scorecard, and the schedule gives the explicit Indian start time. It does not establish the next playing XI or guarantee which player will take a particular role.
Shafali’s confirmed contribution is 55 off 25, backed by Mandhana’s unbeaten 47 and an opening stand of 96. India completed the chase with 67 balls unused after limiting Zimbabwe to 102. The next match will show whether the opening pair and the bowlers can repeat that control; this scorecard supplies a clear account of the win, not a forecast of the next result.
Match figures were checked against both innings of BCCI’s scorecard;the next fixture uses the schedule explicitly labelled IST.
- BCCI: India–Zimbabwe, second T20I scorecard ↗
- BCCI: October 6 squad and home-series schedule ↗
- ESPNcricinfo: second T20I match report ↗