Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2016

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]

Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2016
 
  Zimbabwe India
Dates 11 June – 22 June 2016
Captains Graeme Cremer MS Dhoni
One Day International series
Results India won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Vusi Sibanda (96) K. L. Rahul (196)
Most wickets Sikandar Raza (1)
Tendai Chatara (1)
Chamu Chibhabha (1)
Jasprit Bumrah (9)
Player of the series K. L. Rahul (Ind)
Twenty20 International series
Results India won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Elton Chigumbura (78) Mandeep Singh (87)
Most wickets Donald Tiripano (3) Barinder Sran (6)
Player of the series Barinder Sran (Ind)

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, two matches to one.

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)
K. L. 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: K. L. 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)
K. L. Rahul 63* (70)
India won by 10 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: K. L. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. "India Tour of Zimbabwe in 2016". CricketSchedule.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  4. "Zimbabwe sack Masakadza, Whatmore". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  5. "Ntini hits out at second-string teams going on Zimbabwe tours". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  6. "Bumrah dismantles Zimbabwe for 123, Fazal's unbeaten fifty seals chase". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  7. "Panyangara out of India series with back injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  8. "India pick Faiz Fazal for Zimbabwe tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  9. "Injured Williams, Ervine out of India T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  12. "Debutant openers for India for the first time in 40 years". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  13. "Chigumbura's blitz, Rahul's golden duck on T20I debut". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  14. "Sran and Bumrah wreck Zimbabwe as India level series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  15. "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  16. "Dhoni equals Ponting's all-time captaincy record". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
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