Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015
| Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015 | |||||
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| Dates | 10 July 2015 – 19 July 2015 | ||||
| Captains | Elton Chigumbura Sikandar Raza (2nd T20I) |
Ajinkya Rahane | |||
| One Day International series | |||||
| Result | 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 | |||||
| Result | 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 will 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
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 quadricep injury. He was replaced by Sanju Samson.[13]
ODI series
1st ODI
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Ambati Rayudu and Stuart Binny's partnership of 160 was the highest sixth-wicket partnership for India in ODIs.[14]
2nd ODI
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI
T20I series
1st T20I
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Stuart Binny, Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel & Sandeep Sharma (Ind) and Neville Madziva & Taurai Muzarabani (Zim) made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I
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- 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.[15]
- This was Zimbabwe's first win in a T20I at the Harare Sports Club in ten attempts.[16]
References
- ↑ "Zimbabwe confirm tours from India and New Zealand". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ↑ "India to Tour Zimbabwe for Three ODIs and Two T20s in July". NDTV. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ "India build up to World T20 with plenty of matches". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ↑ "India to tour Zimbabwe in July". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ "Chibhabha, Cremer set up maiden T20 win over India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ↑ "India's Zimbabwe tour yet to be finalised". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "India likely to go ahead with Zimbabwe tour". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "BCCI confirms selection meeting for Zimbabwe tour". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ "Shastri to skip Zimbabwe series". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Rahane to lead second-string side in Zimbabwe". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Zimbabwe Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Karn Sharma ruled out of Zimbabwe tour". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ↑ "Rayudu out of Zimbabwe series; Samson called in". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "Rayudu ton gives India last-ball thriller". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Chibhabha, Cremer set up maiden T20 win over India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe's first T20I win in Harare". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2015.