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The Indian cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 11 June to 22 June 2016, playing three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[1][2][3] Two weeks prior to the series, Zimbabwe Cricket sacked Hamilton Masakadza as captain and replaced him with Graeme Cremer.[4]

Makhaya Ntini, interim coach of the Zimbabwe side, was critical of India's inexperienced squad selected for the series saying "if you send us a team that is not your strongest team, we're going to put them under the carpet".[5] India went on to win the ODI series 3–0, losing the fewest wickets for a team during a three-match series.[6] India also won the T20I series 2–1.

Squads

ODIs T20Is
 Zimbabwe[7]  India[8]  Zimbabwe[9]  India[8]

ODI series

1st ODI

11 June 2016
09:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
168 (49.5 overs)
v
 India
173/1 (42.3 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 41 (65)
Jasprit Bumrah 4/28 (9.5 overs)
KL Rahul 100* (115)
Tendai Chatara 1/20 (7 overs)
India won by 9 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (Ind)

2nd ODI

13 June 2016
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
126 (34.3 overs)
v
 India
129/2 (26.5 overs)
Vusi Sibanda 53 (69)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/25 (6 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 41 (44)
Sikandar Raza 1/7 (1.5 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

15 June 2016
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
123 (42.2 overs)
v
 India
126/0 (21.5 overs)
Vusi Sibanda 38 (71)
Jasprit Bumrah 4/22 (10 overs)
KL Rahul 63* (70)
India won by 10 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (Ind)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Faiz Fazal (Ind) made his ODI debut.
  • MS Dhoni (Ind) took his 350th dismissal in an ODI.[6]

T20I series

1st T20I

18 June 2016
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
170/6 (20 overs)
v
 India
168/6 (20 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 55* (26)
Jasprit Bumrah 2/25 (4 overs)
Manish Pandey 48 (35)
Chamu Chibhabha 2/13 (2 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 2 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Elton Chigumbura (Zim)

2nd T20I

20 June 2016
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
99/9 (20 overs)
v
 India
103/0 (13.1 overs)
Peter Moor 31 (32)
Barinder Sran 4/10 (4 overs)
India won by 10 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Barinder Sran (Ind)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Dhawal Kulkarni and Barinder Sran (Ind) both made their T20I debuts.
  • This was India's first 10-wicket win in a T20I.[14]
  • Barinder Sran (Ind) took the second-best figures for a bowler on debut in a T20I.[15]

3rd T20I

22 June 2016
Scorecard
India 
138/6 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
135/6 (20 overs)
Kedar Jadhav 58 (42)
Donald Tiripano 3/20 (4 overs)
Vusi Sibanda 28 (23)
Dhawal Kulkarni 2/23 (4 overs)
India won by 3 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Kedar Jadhav (Ind)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • MS Dhoni (Ind) stood in his 324th international match as captain, equaling the record held by Ricky Ponting (Aus).[16]
  • Hamilton Masakadza became the first player for Zimbabwe to play in 50 T20I matches.[16]

References

  1. ^ "India Cricket Schedule 2016: Fixtures and dates of all matches for Men in Blue in New Year". International Business Times. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Zimbabwe to host India for three ODIs and three T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. ^ "India Tour of Zimbabwe in 2016". CricketSchedule.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Zimbabwe sack Masakadza, Whatmore". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Ntini hits out at second-string teams going on Zimbabwe tours". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Bumrah dismantles Zimbabwe for 123, Fazal's unbeaten fifty seals chase". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Panyangara out of India series with back injury". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  8. ^ a b "India pick Faiz Fazal for Zimbabwe tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Injured Williams, Ervine out of India T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Hundred on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Rahul, Bumrah lead India to nine-wicket win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Debutant openers for India for the first time in 40 years". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Chigumbura's blitz, Rahul's golden duck on T20I debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Sran and Bumrah wreck Zimbabwe as India level series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  15. ^ "Statistics / Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  16. ^ a b "Dhoni equals Ponting's all-time captaincy record". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2016.


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