Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2016

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Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2016
  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Flag of India.svg
  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) KL Rahul (196)
Most wickets Sikandar Raza (1)
Tendai Chatara (1)
Chamu Chibhabha (1)
Jasprit Bumrah (9)
Player of the series KL 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)

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]

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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

ODIsT20Is
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [7] Flag of India.svg  India [8] Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [9] Flag of India.svg  India [8]

ODI series

1st ODI

11 June 2016
09:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
168 (49.5 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  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  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
126 (34.3 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  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  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
123 (42.2 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  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  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
170/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  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  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
99/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
103/0 (13.1 overs)
Peter Moor 31 (32)
Barinder Sran 4/10 (4 overs)
Mandeep Singh 52* (40)
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  Flag of India.svg
138/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  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]

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