India made four changes
to their playing eleven – Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sreesanth, Abhimanyu Mithun and
Sudeep Tyagi made way for Amit Mishra and three One-day International debutants
(Ashok Dinda, Vinay Kumar and Umesh Yadav).
Zimbabwe made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Vusi Sibanda, Tatenda Taibu, Sean Williams, Gavin Ewing, Blessing Mahwire and Anthony Ireland made way for Greg Lamb, One-day International debutant Craig Ervine, Elton Chigumbura (who was leading the team), Graeme Cremer, Ray Price and Chris Mpofu.
On winning the toss, Suresh Raina, India’s skipper, chose to bat. India’s openers put on 50 off seven overs (53 balls). Zimbabwe had conceded 26 extras at that point. While Dinesh Karthik’s contribution to the partnership was 14, Murali Vijay's contribution to the partnership was 10.
India’s openers put on 56. Vijay, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Nine overs into the match, Prosper Utseya and Brendan Taylor, the player of the match, ran him out. The second-wicket pair put on a run. Virat Kohli didn’t face a ball. Three balls after Vijay’s dismissal, Chigumbura ran him out.
The second Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 11th and the 15th over. Dinesh Karthik, whose 39-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. Eighteen balls after Kohli’s dismissal, he was caught by Taylor. Utseya broke the four-run stand.
Seventeen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. India had scored 75 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Rohit Sharma was batting on half-a-dozen, Raina was batting on nine.
India scored 100 off 24.5 overs (161 balls). Zimbabwe had conceded 27 extras at that point. The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 82 balls. While Sharma's contribution to the partnership was 22, Raina's contribution to it was 28. Extras’ didn’t contribute to the partnership.
Raina, whose 53-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 37. A hundred and five balls after Karthik’s dismissal, he was caught by Taylor. Mpofu broke the 67-run partnership.
India scored 150 off 35.4 overs (227 balls). Zimbabwe had conceded 28 extras at that point. Sharma’s half-century – which included a boundary – came off 85 balls.
Thirty-eight overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. India had scored 165 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Sharma was batting on 51, Ravindra Jadeja was batting on 16.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 63 balls. While Sharma’s contribution to the partnership was 30, Jadeja’s contribution to it was 19. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
The third Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 42nd and the 47th over. They scored 200 off 43.2 overs (273 balls). Zimbabwe had conceded 28 extras at that point.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 100 off 93 balls. While Sharma’s contribution to the partnership was 64, Jadeja’s contribution to it was 37. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Sharma’s ton – which included four boundaries and as many sixes – came off 114 balls. India scored 250 off 47 overs (295 balls). Zimbabwe had conceded 29 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they had conceded at that point.
Sharma, whose 119-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored 114. A hundred and seven balls after Raina's dismissal, he was caught by Taylor. Mpofu broke the 132-run partnership.
Jadeja’s half-century – which included three boundaries – came off 57 balls. He eventually scored 61 off as many balls, which included five boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Yusuf Pathan, who scored 11. His five-ball innings included a boundary and a six.
India scored 285 off the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Andy Blignaut, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded five. Chigumbura, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 36. Cremer, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 40.
Price and Lamb bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 53, the latter conceded 40. Utseya, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 46. He picked up a wicket. Mpofu bowled 10 overs, included a maiden. He conceded 63, picking up a couple of scalps.
Zimbabwe’s openers came off 50 off 8.3 overs (51 balls). India hadn’t conceded any extras at that point. While Hamilton Masakadza was batting on 29, Taylor was batting on 21.
The second Powerplay of Zimbabwe's innings was between the 11th and the 15th over.
Masakadza, whose 43-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 46. Seventy-eight balls into the chase, Mishra broke the 88-run partnership.
Zimbabwe scored 100 off 16.3 overs (99 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.
Taylor's run-a-ball half-century included three boundaries and a couple of sixes.
Nineteen overs into the chase, the first drinks break was taken. Zimbabwe had scored 110 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Taylor was batting on 52, Lamb was batting on nine.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 74 balls. While Taylor’s contribution to the partnership was 25, Lamb's contribution to it was 21. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.
Zimbabwe scored 150 off 28.5 overs (173 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point. Lamb, who faced 43 balls, eventually scored 27. Ninety-one balls after Masakadza's dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Jadeja, who broke the 63-run partnership.
Taylor, whose 103-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 81. Twenty-eight balls later, he was caught by Yadav. Kumar broke the 25-run stand.
Thirty-nine overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken.
Zimbabwe had scored 194 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Ervine was batting on 23, Charles Coventry was batting on 10.
Zimbabwe scored 200 off 40 overs (241 balls). The number of extras India had conceded at that point gave them no reason to be in seventh heaven.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 49 balls. While Ervine's contribution to the partnership was 20, Coventry’s contribution to it was 31. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Coventry, whose 25-ball innings included three sixes, eventually scored 32. Fifty-three balls into the chase, Kumar broke the 55-run partnership.
The third Powerplay of Zimbabwe’s innings was between the 46th and the 50th over. They scored 250 off 45.2 overs (274 balls). India had conceded a dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Ervine’s half-century – which included three boundaries – came off 51 balls. The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 29 balls. While Ervine’s contribution to the partnership was 26, Chigumbura's contribution to it was 20. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.
Ervine, whose 60-ball innings included five boundaries, eventually scored 67. He was unbeaten, as was Chigumbura, who scored 24. His 16-ball innings included four boundaries.
Zimbabwe, who scored 289 for the loss of four wickets off 48.2 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with 10 balls to spare.
Sharma bowled a wicketless over, conceding five. Pathan bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 28. Dinda bowled 7.2 wicketless overs, conceding 49. Yadav bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 48.
Jadeja and Mishra bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 51, the latter conceded 47. Kumar bowled eight overs, conceding 51. He picked up a couple of scalps.
Zimbabwe made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Vusi Sibanda, Tatenda Taibu, Sean Williams, Gavin Ewing, Blessing Mahwire and Anthony Ireland made way for Greg Lamb, One-day International debutant Craig Ervine, Elton Chigumbura (who was leading the team), Graeme Cremer, Ray Price and Chris Mpofu.
On winning the toss, Suresh Raina, India’s skipper, chose to bat. India’s openers put on 50 off seven overs (53 balls). Zimbabwe had conceded 26 extras at that point. While Dinesh Karthik’s contribution to the partnership was 14, Murali Vijay's contribution to the partnership was 10.
India’s openers put on 56. Vijay, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Nine overs into the match, Prosper Utseya and Brendan Taylor, the player of the match, ran him out. The second-wicket pair put on a run. Virat Kohli didn’t face a ball. Three balls after Vijay’s dismissal, Chigumbura ran him out.
The second Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 11th and the 15th over. Dinesh Karthik, whose 39-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. Eighteen balls after Kohli’s dismissal, he was caught by Taylor. Utseya broke the four-run stand.
Seventeen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. India had scored 75 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Rohit Sharma was batting on half-a-dozen, Raina was batting on nine.
India scored 100 off 24.5 overs (161 balls). Zimbabwe had conceded 27 extras at that point. The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 82 balls. While Sharma's contribution to the partnership was 22, Raina's contribution to it was 28. Extras’ didn’t contribute to the partnership.
Raina, whose 53-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 37. A hundred and five balls after Karthik’s dismissal, he was caught by Taylor. Mpofu broke the 67-run partnership.
India scored 150 off 35.4 overs (227 balls). Zimbabwe had conceded 28 extras at that point. Sharma’s half-century – which included a boundary – came off 85 balls.
Thirty-eight overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. India had scored 165 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Sharma was batting on 51, Ravindra Jadeja was batting on 16.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 63 balls. While Sharma’s contribution to the partnership was 30, Jadeja’s contribution to it was 19. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
The third Powerplay of India’s innings was between the 42nd and the 47th over. They scored 200 off 43.2 overs (273 balls). Zimbabwe had conceded 28 extras at that point.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 100 off 93 balls. While Sharma’s contribution to the partnership was 64, Jadeja’s contribution to it was 37. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Sharma’s ton – which included four boundaries and as many sixes – came off 114 balls. India scored 250 off 47 overs (295 balls). Zimbabwe had conceded 29 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they had conceded at that point.
Sharma, whose 119-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored 114. A hundred and seven balls after Raina's dismissal, he was caught by Taylor. Mpofu broke the 132-run partnership.
Jadeja’s half-century – which included three boundaries – came off 57 balls. He eventually scored 61 off as many balls, which included five boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Yusuf Pathan, who scored 11. His five-ball innings included a boundary and a six.
India scored 285 off the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Andy Blignaut, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded five. Chigumbura, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 36. Cremer, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded 40.
Price and Lamb bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 53, the latter conceded 40. Utseya, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 46. He picked up a wicket. Mpofu bowled 10 overs, included a maiden. He conceded 63, picking up a couple of scalps.
Zimbabwe’s openers came off 50 off 8.3 overs (51 balls). India hadn’t conceded any extras at that point. While Hamilton Masakadza was batting on 29, Taylor was batting on 21.
The second Powerplay of Zimbabwe's innings was between the 11th and the 15th over.
Masakadza, whose 43-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 46. Seventy-eight balls into the chase, Mishra broke the 88-run partnership.
Zimbabwe scored 100 off 16.3 overs (99 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.
Taylor's run-a-ball half-century included three boundaries and a couple of sixes.
Nineteen overs into the chase, the first drinks break was taken. Zimbabwe had scored 110 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Taylor was batting on 52, Lamb was batting on nine.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 74 balls. While Taylor’s contribution to the partnership was 25, Lamb's contribution to it was 21. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.
Zimbabwe scored 150 off 28.5 overs (173 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point. Lamb, who faced 43 balls, eventually scored 27. Ninety-one balls after Masakadza's dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Jadeja, who broke the 63-run partnership.
Taylor, whose 103-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 81. Twenty-eight balls later, he was caught by Yadav. Kumar broke the 25-run stand.
Thirty-nine overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken.
Zimbabwe had scored 194 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Ervine was batting on 23, Charles Coventry was batting on 10.
Zimbabwe scored 200 off 40 overs (241 balls). The number of extras India had conceded at that point gave them no reason to be in seventh heaven.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 49 balls. While Ervine's contribution to the partnership was 20, Coventry’s contribution to it was 31. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Coventry, whose 25-ball innings included three sixes, eventually scored 32. Fifty-three balls into the chase, Kumar broke the 55-run partnership.
The third Powerplay of Zimbabwe’s innings was between the 46th and the 50th over. They scored 250 off 45.2 overs (274 balls). India had conceded a dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Ervine’s half-century – which included three boundaries – came off 51 balls. The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 29 balls. While Ervine’s contribution to the partnership was 26, Chigumbura's contribution to it was 20. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.
Ervine, whose 60-ball innings included five boundaries, eventually scored 67. He was unbeaten, as was Chigumbura, who scored 24. His 16-ball innings included four boundaries.
Zimbabwe, who scored 289 for the loss of four wickets off 48.2 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with 10 balls to spare.
Sharma bowled a wicketless over, conceding five. Pathan bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 28. Dinda bowled 7.2 wicketless overs, conceding 49. Yadav bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 48.
Jadeja and Mishra bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 51, the latter conceded 47. Kumar bowled eight overs, conceding 51. He picked up a couple of scalps.
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