India, Feb. 27 -- After the embarrassing low came the exhilarating high. Within 96 hours of being bowled out for their second-lowest total in all T20 World Cups, India produced the second-highest total in the history of the tournament in a statement-making display that wouldn't have gone unnoticed.

The big one India were capable of, but proved doggedly elusive, eventuated at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on a warm Thursday night, with a hapless Zimbabwe feeling the full fury of their batting might. Having conceded 254 to West Indies on Sunday, Sikandar Raza's men were again punished for their temerity in fielding first for a second game in succession, India's top six all scoring at more than 150 runs per 100 balls faced, with San...