India defeated Zimbabwe at the T20 World Cup

A 72-run demolition by India ended Zimbabwe's T20 World Cup run, but Brian Bennett's unbeaten 97 off 59 balls almost stole the entire spotlight.

India's ridiculous batting display

• India hammered 256 for 4 with 17 sixes total.
• Abhishek Sharma cracked his maiden World Cup fifty.
• Hardik Pandya stayed unbeaten on 50 off 23 balls.
• Sanju Samson's quickfire 24 opened things up early.

Bennett went absolutely nuclear

• Brian Bennett smashed 97 not out off 59 deliveries.
• His knock featured eight fours and six sixes.
• Bennett sits second on the tournament run-scorers chart.
• A 277.00 average across five innings is absurd.

Zimbabwe's fielding let them down hard

• Five catches got dropped across two Super Eight matches.
• First-round fielding saw only a single drop total.
• Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav capitalized on those misses.
• Zimbabwe managed just 33 runs in the powerplay.

What happens next for both squads

• India face the West Indies in a knockout clash.
• Varun Chakravarthy leaked 35 runs in his spell.
• Shivam Dube conceded 46 runs across just two overs.
• Zimbabwe exited carrying Bennett's breakout as consolation.