India v Zimbabwe 1st T20I: India elects to field first
Suresh Raina send Zimbabwe in to bat after winning the toss.
Indian captain Suresh Raina has elected to field first after winning the toss in the first of two T20 at Harare. Having lost the twice to Zimbabwe, the Indian team will be hoping to finish off the series on a positive note ahead of the Asia Cup 2010 in Sri Lanka.
India opted to two seamers, Dinda and Vinay Kumar, while wicketkeeper Naman Ojha is making his debut and replaces Dinesh Karthik. Ziimbabwe also made a couple of changes, Coventry and Cremer have been replaced by Ed Rainsford and Chamu Chibhabha.
Indias form has been poor in the past couple of month, having being knocked out of the group stages in the World T20 in the West Indies and losing three of the four matches in the recently concluded tri series. India will be hoping to change their fortunes tonight and build momentum ahead of a busy season.
A short time ago Zimbabwe were 14/1 after two overs. Vinay Kumar accounted for H Masakadza in the first over. He was caught by Raina 1 run off 3 balls. Brendon Taylor has 9 runs to his name
Stay tuned for updates!
Update:
Zimbabwe 73/3 after 9.4 overs – Chamu Chibhabha 40* from 28 balls
Zimbabwe 73/4 after 10.2 overs – Chibhabha out
Zimbabwe 78/4 after 12.2 overs – Spinners Chawla and Ojha are making it difficult for the batsmen
Zimbabwe 111/9 – They would have liked more, Indian spinners did a good job.
India batting:
India 7/1 – Bad start – Vijay gone for 5
India 12/2 – More bad news – Ojha gone for 2
India 48/4 – Good recovery by Raina and Sharma, but both are out within a couple of balls.
India 112/4 – India win- Pathan 37* from 24 balls (3 sixes , 2 fours)
India cruise to comfortable win
Player of the Match: Pathan
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