Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015

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Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015

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|  Zimbabwe|  India
Dates|  10 July 2015 – 19 July 2015
Captains|  Elton Chigumbura
Sikandar Raza (2nd T20I)|  Ajinkya Rahane
One Day International series
Results|  India won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs|  Chamu Chibhabha (157)|  Ambati Rayudu (165)
Most wickets|  Neville Madziva (6)|  Stuart Binny (6)
Player of the series|  Ambati Rayudu (Ind)
Twenty20 International series
Results|  2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs|  Chamu Chibhabha (90)|  Robin Uthappa (81)
Most wickets|  Graeme Cremer (4) and Chris Mpofu (4)|  Axar Patel (4)
Player of the series|  Chamu Chibhabha (Zim)

The Indian cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 10 to 19 July 2015.[1][2] The tour consisted of three One Day International matches and two Twenty20 Internationals.[3] All the matches were played in Harare.[4] India won the ODI series 3–0 and the T20I series was drawn 1–1. Zimbabwe's win in the second T20I match was their first Twenty20 win over India.[5]

In June Zimbabwe Cricket stated that the tour could be postponed to the next year, if broadcasting issues were not resolved.[6] Sources close to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) suggested that the tour would go ahead with India fielding a second-strength side,[7] with the selection committee meeting in Delhi on 29 June to pick the squads.[8] Indian team director Ravi Shastri missed the tour due to professional commitments that were agreed before the BCCI extended his contract.[9] The Indian squad was announced on 29 June as planned.[10]

## Squads[edit]

ODIs  | T20Is

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Zimbabwe[11] |  India[10] |  Zimbabwe[11] |  India[10]

* Elton Chigumbura (c)
* Chamu Chibhabha
* Graeme Cremer
* Craig Ervine
* Luke Jongwe
* Roy Kaia
* Tafadzwa Kamungozi
* Neville Madziva
* Hamilton Masakadza
* Chris Mpofu
* Richmond Mutumbami
* Tinashe Panyangara
* Sikandar Raza
* Vusi Sibanda
* Donald Tiripano
* Prosper Utseya
* Brian Vitori
* Malcolm Waller
* Sean Williams

* Ajinkya Rahane (c)
* Stuart Binny
* Kedar Jadhav
* Dhawal Kulkarni
* Bhuvneshwar Kumar
* Manish Pandey
* Axar Patel
* ~~Ambati Rayudu~~
* Sanju Samson
* ~~Karn Sharma~~[12]
* Mohit Sharma
* Sandeep Sharma
* Harbhajan Singh
* Manoj Tiwary
* Robin Uthappa
* Murali Vijay

* Elton Chigumbura (c)
* Chamu Chibhabha
* Graeme Cremer
* Craig Ervine
* Luke Jongwe
* Roy Kaia
* Tafadzwa Kamungozi
* Neville Madziva
* Hamilton Masakadza
* Chris Mpofu
* Richmond Mutumbami
* Taurai Muzarabani
* Tinashe Panyangara
* Sikandar Raza
* Vusi Sibanda
* Donald Tiripano
* Prosper Utseya
* Brian Vitori
* Malcolm Waller
* Sean Williams

* Ajinkya Rahane (c)
* Stuart Binny
* Kedar Jadhav
* Dhawal Kulkarni
* Bhuvneshwar Kumar
* Manish Pandey
* Axar Patel
* ~~Ambati Rayudu~~
* Sanju Samson
* ~~Karn Sharma~~[12]
* Mohit Sharma
* Sandeep Sharma
* Harbhajan Singh
* Manoj Tiwary
* Robin Uthappa
* Murali Vijay

On 6 July Indian bowler Karn Sharma was ruled out of the tour after fracturing a finger in his left hand. There was no replacement for him. This left the Indian team with only two spin options of Harbhajan Singh and Axar Patel.[12] Indian batsman Ambati Rayudu was ruled out of the tour after the second ODI due to a quadriceps injury. He was replaced by Sanju Samson.[13]

## ODI series[edit]

All times are in Zimbabwean Standard Time (UTC+02:00)

### 1st ODI[edit]

10 July 2015
09:00
Scorecard

India
255/6 (50 overs)

Zimbabwe
251/7 (50 overs)

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Ambati Rayudu 124* (133)
Chamu Chibhabha 2/25 (10 overs)

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Elton Chigumbura 104* (101)
Axar Patel 2/41 (10 overs)

India won by 4 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (Ind)

* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* Ajinkya Rahane (Ind) captained India for the first time in ODIs.[14]
* Ambati Rayudu and Stuart Binny's partnership of 160 was the highest sixth-wicket partnership for India in ODIs.[14]

### 2nd ODI[edit]

12 July 2015
09:00
Scorecard

India
271/8 (50 overs)

Zimbabwe
209 (49 overs)

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Murali Vijay 72 (95)
Neville Madziva 4/49 (10 overs)

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Chamu Chibhabha 72 (100)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/33 (10 overs)

India won by 62 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Murali Vijay (Ind)

* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI[edit]

14 July 2015
09:00
Scorecard

India
276/5 (50 overs)

Zimbabwe
193 (42.4 overs)

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Kedar Jadhav 105* (87)
Neville Madziva 2/59 (9 overs)

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Chamu Chibhabha 82(109)
Stuart Binny 3/55 (10 overs)

India won by 83 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Kedar Jadhav (Ind)

* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* Manish Pandey (Ind) made his ODI debut.
* Kedar Jadhav (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.[15]

## T20I series[edit]

All times are in Zimbabwean Standard Time (UTC+02:00)

### 1st T20I[edit]

17 July 2015
13:00
Scorecard

India
178/5 (20 overs)

Zimbabwe
124/7 (20 overs)

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Robin Uthappa 39* (35)
Christopher Mpofu 3/33 (4 overs)

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Hamilton Masakadza 28 (24)
Axar Patel 3/17 (4 overs)

India won by 54 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Axar Patel (Ind)

* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ajinkya Rahane (Ind) captained India for the first time in T20Is.[16]
* Stuart Binny, Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel & Sandeep Sharma (Ind) and Neville Madziva & Taurai Muzarabani (Zim) made their T20I debuts.

### 2nd T20I[edit]

19 July 2015
13:00
Scorecard

Zimbabwe
145/7 (20 overs)

India
135/9 (20 overs)

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Chamu Chibhabha 67 (51)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/26 (4 overs)

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Robin Uthappa 42 (25)
Graeme Cremer 3/18 (4 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 10 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Chamu Chibhabha (Zim)

* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sanju Samson (Ind) made his T20I debut.
* Sikandar Raza stood as captain for Zimbabwe for this match as Elton Chigumbura was injured.[17]
* This was Zimbabwe's first win in a T20I at the Harare Sports Club in ten attempts.[18]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Zimbabwe confirm tours from India and New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
2. ^ "India to Tour Zimbabwe for Three ODIs and Two T20s in July". NDTV. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
3. ^ "India build up to World T20 with plenty of matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
4. ^ "India to tour Zimbabwe in July". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
5. ^ "Chibhabha, Cremer set up maiden T20 win over India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
6. ^ "India's Zimbabwe tour yet to be finalised". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
7. ^ "India likely to go ahead with Zimbabwe tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
8. ^ "BCCI confirms selection meeting for Zimbabwe tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
9. ^ "Shastri to skip Zimbabwe series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
10. ^ a b c "Rahane to lead second-string side in Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
11. ^ a b "Zimbabwe Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
12. ^ a b c "Karn Sharma ruled out of Zimbabwe tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
13. ^ "Rayudu out of Zimbabwe series; Samson called in". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
14. ^ a b "Rayudu ton gives India last-ball thriller". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
15. ^ "Jadhav, Pandey set up 3-0 India sweep". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
16. ^ "India top order, spinners muzzle Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
17. ^ "Chibhabha, Cremer set up maiden T20 win over India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
18. ^ "Zimbabwe's first T20I win in Harare". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

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