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Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi struck his second fifty in three innings as India sealed a 3-0 T20I sweep of Zimbabwe to knock England off top spot in the rankings. <p>Sooryavanshi's 81 from 49 balls in Harare featured four sixes and eight fours and followed his maiden half-century for his country - a 19-ball 50 - in Thursday's series opener at the same venue.</p><p>The left-hander - who lit up the 2026 IPL with 776 runs in 16 matches for Rajasthan Royals at a remarkable strike-rate of 237.30 - first played senior cricket for India during the recent 4-0 T20 thrashing in England, registering scores of 14, 13 and 15.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/cricket/zimbabwe-v-india/scorecard/5f4679f8-ae93-55df-b1e6-9d68fdb52fb6"><strong>Scorecard: Zimbabwe vs India, third T20 international</strong></a></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports">Stream cricket and more sport contract-free with NOW</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/podcasts/36578/11933948/sky-sports-cricket-podcast-with-nasser-hussain-and-michael-atherton">Listen to episodes of the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast</a></strong></li></ul><widget id="4"></widget> <widget id="1"></widget><p>India's heavy defeat in the UK had seen Harry Brook's men overtake them as the No 1 T20I team before they returned to the summit after seizing a 2-0 lead against Zimbabwe.</p><p>They would have slipped back to second had they lost the finale but ran out 35-run winners despite some sloppy fielding.</p><p>Sooryavanhsi's innings - which ended when he was superbly caught by a diving Brad Evans - propelled Shreyas Iyer's side to 192-5 and Zimbabwe could only make 157-7 in reply, with Ryan Burl (54no off 43) top-scoring.</p> <widget id="2"></widget><p>India are next in action in August as they visit Sri Lanka for a two-match Test series, before returning to white-ball cricket across September and October when they host West Indies for three one-day internationals and five T20 internationals.</p><p>England will look to move back top of the T20I standings when they welcome Sri Lanka for three fixtures from September 15.</p> <widget id="3"></widget><p>The series opener is at the Utilita Bowl in Southampton before further games at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff (September 17) and Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester (September 19) ahead of a three-match ODI series between the sides.</p><p>Like India, England also play Test cricket next, with the first of three red-ball clashes against Pakistan starting at Headingley on August 19, live on <em>Sky Sports </em>and <a href="https://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports">contract-free with NOW.</a></p>
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