Chennai, Feb. 26 -- Team India secured a memorable 72-run win over Zimbabwe to bring their T20 World Cup title defence back on track following a humiliating 76-run loss to South Africa at Ahmedabad. While Men in Blue let their bats do the roaring with some of their cleanest ball striking in the tournament, it was opener Abhishek Sharma's return-to-form half-century which was the biggest positive for the defending champions from this match.

Abhishek, by his mighty standards, smashed his slowest T20I fifty in 26 balls, striking three fours and four sixes on his way to the milestone. But it was the way he paced his innings, gave himself some time out there in the middle, and the areas of the ground that he attacked, which made this knock of...