Indian players celebrate a wicket on the second day of the One-Day International cricket match between Zimbabwe and India at Harare Sports Club in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, Aug, 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)India vs Zimbabwe, 2nd ODI Highlights: Seamer Shardul Thakur took 3-38 as India completed a five-wicket win over Zimbabwe to claim victory in their three-match One-Day International series with a game to spare at the Harare Sports Club on Saturday. After electing to bowl, India dismissed the home side for 161 before chasing down their target with 24.2 overs remaining in another comfortable win to follow Thursday’s victory by 10 wickets at the same venue.
Playing XIs
India XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul (capt), Deepak Hooda, Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj
Zimbabwe XI: Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Innocent Kaia, Sean Williams, Wessly Madhevere, Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakabva (capt & wk), Ryan Burl, Luke Jongwe, Bradley Evans, Victor Nyauchi, Tanaka Chivanga
Follow Highlights of IND vs ZIM 2nd ODI below.
Zimbabwe
161 (38.1)India
167/5 (25.4)India beat Zimbabwe by 5 wickets
Skipper Rahul needs game time; team new challenge in remaining ODIs
On to the 25th over and India need just 8. And that's a four by Axar!!! Four more left. Single and a wide. Just 2 to get. And 1 left for the next over after a single in the last ball. 3 dots to start the next over. And Samson finishes with a 6!!! India win by 5 wickets
The 24th over now and India need just 10 to clinch the series with 1 match to go. 1 run from the first ball and he's gone the next. Raza takes Hooda!!!! IND 153/5 after 23.3 overs.
The 23rd over now and India are very clodse to victory. They move even closer with 2 back to back sixes by Samson!!! Brings up 150 for india. IND 152/4 after 23 overs
The 20th over starts and Raza will bowl this one. He is welcomed by Samson with a four straightaway!!! The 3rd ball is gone for a huge six as Samson kneels and sends it flying. IND 130/4 after 20 overs
Jongwe to bowl the 16th and he is taken to task by both India batters. First Samson drives him through the covers and next Hooda guides the ball over the keeper's head for another. IND 109/4 after 16 overs
And that's another wicket down. India are marching along but they won't like these wickets going down. Gill tries to hit a big one and holes out to Brad Evans in the deep. IND 97/4 after 14 overs
That's close!!! Is that an LBW??? Evans certainly thinks so but the onfield official is least interested. Zimbabwe review. This was going down and the wickets are missing. The original decision stays. Hooda survives. The fifth ball is hit for a boundary as India march on despite losing wickets. IND 91/3 after 13 overs.
That's bowled!!!! Ishan Kishan edges and plays it on to the stumps. Gets a thick inside edge and that's the end of Kishan for just 6 runs. Jongwe is delighted. IND 83/3 after 11.4 overs
The 11th over to be bowled by Brad Evans. The last over had 5 wides and a gorgeous four by Gill. This one gets a four off the last ball as an edge goes between the slip and the keeper for four more. IND 81/2 after 11 overs
Nyauchi to bowl the 8th and Gill has gone after him. 2 fours in this over and both of them is placed through the same gap. India are in a hurry to finish this one. IND 62/2 after 8 overs
Chivanga to bowl the 7th and what a shot by Dhawan. Gorgeous shot for a four and the next ball, he tries to pull a short ball. Mistimes and is gone!! IND 47/2 after 6.3 overs
Beautiful shot by Dhawan to start the 6th over. Down the wicket and straight to the boundary. Holds the pose as well. The 5th ball is also cut away for four more!! Goes from bad to worse as an overthrow in the last ball results in another four!!! IND 41/1 after 6 overs
Nyauchi in to bowl the 4th over and that has been pulled with authority by Gill. The next 3 balls are dots as the over ends. Beautiful last delivery. IND 21/1 after 4 overs
Nyauchi in to bowl the second over. And is that the first wicket?? Rahul reviews as the onfield umpire raises his finger. Yes. That's plumb. The India captain has to depart. IND 5/1 after 1.4 overs.
We are back for the chase. Dhawan and KL Rahul are at the crease. Dhawan is on strike. Tanaka Chivanga will open the attack. Two back to back stingers from the bowler!! What deliveries!!! IND 4/0 after 1 over.
"Early on the pitch was a bit on the slower side, but later there was a bit more so I could go for the bouncers. I knew the batters were going to attack me, so it was about trying to get my deliveries spot on. I think I have a good skill set, but it is not necessary to use it every game. This pitch there was plenty of help from the surface, so I just tried to bowl the right lengths."
All over. Horrendous decision to go for that second run that was never on. Chivanga is run out as India wraps up Zimbabwe's innings for 161 runs. Need 162 to win.
Another!! After a catch is dropped, Siraj recovers quickly and sends the ball to the striker's end which catches Nyauchi off guard as he is run out!!! Unravelling fast. ZIM 156/9 after 37.3 overs
That's another one gone as Axar gets the wicket. Evans tries to play a cut shot, gets an edge and it rattles the stumps. Could have been 2 for Patel if not for a missed stumping chance earlier in the over. ZIM 149/8 after 37 overs.
Axar strikes!!!! Zimbabwe review straight away. Onfield umpire says it's LBW. Did Burl get some bat on it? Yes. UltraEdge confirms aspike when the ball was passing by the bat. Very faint edge. ZIM 141/7 after 35 overs
BOWLED!!! You miss, I hit says Shardul Thakur. After a boundary, Jongwe wanted to hit a big one again. Missed ther line of the ball and it all ends up. ZIM 129/7 after 32.3 overs
Thakur to bowl the 31st over. Just 2 runs from the first 4 balls. 2 wides. Extra runs here. A pull shot for a boundary to end the over. ZIM 123/6 after 31 overs
Williams plays the wrong shot. Goes for a sweep and that has gone flat but could not clear the boundary as Dhawan plucks it out of te air. ZIM 105/6 after 28 overs.
Ryan Burl plays a lovely shot for a four as Zimbabwe inch closer to 100 runs. Sweetly timed. And a single next brings up the 100 for Zimbabwe. ZIM 101/5 after 27 overs
On to the 25th over and Kuldeep will bowl this one. A set Williams will face him. 2 dots to start. And the 3rd ball is punished for a four!!! First boundary in 44 balls. ZIM 92/5 after 25 overs.
And gone!!! Kuldeep strikes. Not the ideal shot to play in this situation. Raza wanted to go over the top, slices it and is taken by a backtracking Ishan Kishan. That's the 5th wicket down. ZIM 72/5 after 21 overs.
Is that another wicket down? Axar is very confident but Raza will take the review. Ball tracking coming up and it's missing the wicket. Good review as the crowd roars their approval. ZIM 61/4 after 18 overs
Axar in to bowl the 16th and finally, after long last 50 comes up for Zimbabwe. It was a long and arduous road but they managed to reach there. ZIM 50/0 after 16 overs.
Short ball has been the weapon Indian pacers have used to get rid of Innocent Kaia in this series so far. The two reds denote the lengths pitched by Chahar and Thakur to dismiss the opener.
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Thakur gets another as Chakabva edges one to the slips. Wesley Madhevere follows, with a caught behind by Sanju Samson. Krishna gets his first wicket. Zimbabwe 31/4 after 12.4 overs.
The runs haven't come that easy and India have a wicket from that powerplay. Not the three like they did in the first match but Zimbabwe still on the backfoot in Harare. Not as much movement on offer as it was on Thursday. The score, 26/1 after 10 overs.
Almost as if Mohammed Siraj had been hinting Takudzwanashe Kaitano how he'd get him out.
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Innocent Kaia mistimes a pull off Shardul Thakur past the mid-wicket region but it still beats the fielder. Eight overs gone, Zimbabwe are 20/0.
The pair of Takudzwanashe Kaitano and Innocent Kaia know the only chance they have of getting big scores is by not taking chances against the new ball. Four overs gone, 3/0.
No Deepak Chahar but Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna have shown shades of the carry, bounce, swing and intent they generated early on in the powerplay of the first ODI. Maiden over for Krishna to begin with. Two overs gone, Zimbabwe are 1/0.
The blue huddle is in at the Harare Sports Park. Time for round two off the three. Mohammed Siraj has the new ball, Takudzwanashe Kaitano is on strike for Zimbabwe. Here we go!
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Gill: "It was all about getting experience in the middle and that was the talk with Rahul sir to spend as much time as possible. The surfaces in the West Indies were slightly difficult and I wanted to spend time and gain experience. He (Dhawan) is such a chill guy to bat with and we don't talk much about cricket when batting in the middle."
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As he ran in gingerly to bowl the first delivery of the game, Chahar ended up aborting his run-up at the last instant. On his second attempt, he sent down the gentlest of away-swinging full tosses. His returns of 7-0-27-3, which set up a 10-wicket wipeout, don’t reveal it, but for the first few overs of his spell on Thursday, Chahar looked every bit a bowler feeling his way back. Will India miss their player of the match from the first ODI? Read more about his special return here.
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Innocent Kaia, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Wesley Madhevere, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakabva(w/c), Ryan Burl, Luke Jongwe, Brad Evans, Victor Nyauchi, Tanaka Chivanga
India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul(c), Deepak Hooda, Sanju Samson(w), Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the 2nd India vs Zimbabwe ODI in Harare. Having taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series following a ten-wicket win, the men in blue have won the toss and opted to bowl first in the second ODI.