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Zimbabwean national cricket team toured India in 2000-01 season. The tour lasted from 8 November to 14 December and included series of 2 Tests and 5 One Day Internationals. India won the Test series by 1-0 and ODIs series by 4-1.[1]

Tour matches

Three-day: National Cricket Academy XI v Zimbabwe XI

8–10 Nov 2000
Scorecard
v
National Cricket Academy XI
322/6 (79 overs)
Alistair Campbell 114* (193)
Rakesh Patel 3/69 (17 overs)
323/6 (73 overs)
Sridharan Sriram 97 (148)
Paul Strang 3/82 (15 overs)
320/5 (102 overs)
Andy Flower 119 (180)
Rakesh Patel 2/43 (10 overs)
42/1 (11 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 22 (27)
Henry Olonga 1/28 (6 overs)
Match drawn
Nehru Stadium, Indore
Umpires: A. Y. Gokhale (Ind) and R. Radhakrishnan (Ind)
  • Zimbabwe XI won the toss and elected to field.

Three-day: Indian Board President's XI v Zimbabwe XI

13–15 Nov 2000
Scorecard
Indian Board President's XI
v
314/5 (90 overs)
Hrishikesh Kanitkar 118 (190)
Paul Strang 3/59 (20 overs)
236/5 (73 overs)
Gavin Rennie 79 (183)
Aashish Kapoor 2/49 (19 overs)
183/2 (54 overs)
Virender Sehwag 58 (47)
Mluleki Nkala 2/27 (15 overs)
262/6 (54 overs)
Andy Flower 94 (103)
Rahul Sanghvi 3/93 (17 overs)
Zimbabwe XI won by 4 wickets
Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad
Umpires: Sanjeeva Rao (Ind) and M. S. Mahal (Ind)
  • Indian Board President's XI won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

1st Test

18 November 2000 (2000-11-18)
Scorecard
v
422/9 (168 overs)
Andy Flower 183* (351)
Javagal Srinath 4/81 (35 overs)
458/4 (142.4 overs)
Rahul Dravid 200 (350)
Henry Olonga 2/75 (20 overs)
225 (80.1 overs)
Andy Flower 70 (134)
Javagal Srinath 5/60 (24.1 overs)
190/3 (37.3 overs)
Rahul Dravid 70* (91)
Heath Streak 1/18 (5 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: JH Hampshire and S Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Javagal Srinath
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat
  • Vijay Dahiya made his debut in Test matches

2nd Test

25 November 2000 (2000 -11-25)
Scorecard
v
609/6 (155.5 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 201* (281)
Grant Flower 2/101 (24 overs)
382 (120.1 overs)
Grant Flower 106* (196)
Javagal Srinath 3/81 (28.1 overs)
503/6 (161 overs) (f/o)
Andy Flower 232* (444)
Sarandeep Singh 4/136 (49 overs)
Match drawn
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: AV Jayaprakash and RS Dunne
Player of the match: Andy Flower
  • India won the toss and decided to bat
  • Sarandeep Singh made his debut in Test matches

ODI series

1st ODI

2 December 2000
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
253/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
255/7 (47.2 overs)
Stuart Carlisle 91* (125)
Ajit Agarkar 2/74 (10 overs)
Hemang Badani 58*(69)
Brian Murphy 2/45 (6 overs)
India won by 3 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Jasbir Singh (Ind) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Hemang Badani (Ind)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Reetinder Sodhi (Ind) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

6 December 2000
Scorecard
India 
306/5 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
245/8 (50 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 144 (152)
Travis Friend 1/37 (10 overs)
Heath Streak 51 (57)
Sridharan Sriram 3/47 (8 overs)
India won by 61 runs
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

8 December 2000
Scorecard
India 
283/8 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
284/9 (49.5 Overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 146 (153)
Grant Flower 3/43 (10 overs)
Andy Flower 70 (94)
Venkatesh Prasad 3/61 (10 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 1 wicket
Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur
Player of the match: Grant Flower (Zim)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • It was the first ODI played at this venue.[2]
  • Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) broke Desmond Haynes' (Win) record for most centuries scored on home soil. He also became the first to score 1,000 runs against Zimbabwe in ODIs.[2]
  • Zaheer Khan scored 25 runs in the 50th over of India's innings, the most by an India player in an over of an ODI.[2]
  • Andy Flower and Grant Flower's partnership of 158 runs was Zimbabwe's highest for the fourth wicket in an ODI.[2]
  • Ajit Agarkar (Ind) picked his 100th wicket in ODIs.[2]
  • Zimbabwe's total of 284 was their highest against India in ODIs.[2]
  • Zimbabwe's win margin of one wicket was their narrowest in ODIs.[2]

4th ODI

11 December 2000
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
165 (45.4 overs)
v
 India
166/1 (25 overs)
Alistair Campbell 32 (44)
Sourav Ganguly 5/34 (10 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 71* (68)
Travis Friend 1/40 (5 overs)
India won by 9 wickets
Green Park, Kanpur
Umpires: Chandra Sathe (Ind) and Devendra Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

14 December 2000
Scorecard
India 
301/6 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
262 (47.4 overs)
Hemang Badani 77 (99)
Brian Murphy 3/63 (10 overs)
Trevor Madondo 71 (70)
Ajit Agarkar 3/26 (8.4 overs)
India won by 39 runs
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
Umpires: Vinayak Kulkarni (Ind) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
Player of the match: Ajit Agarkar (Ind)

References

  1. ^ "Zimbabwe tour of India". Cricinfo.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Gupta, Rajneesh (12 December 2000). "3rd ODI, India v Zimbabwe, Statistical Highlights | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b Gupta, Rajneesh (17 December 2000). "5th ODI, India v Zimbabwe, Statistical Highlights". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ^ Mittra, Sakyasen (13 December 2000). "Bengal players rush to Ganguly's defence". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ^ "India ride to victory on Agarkar's late blitz". ESPNcricinfo. 14 December 2000. Retrieved 16 July 2019.


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