New Delhi: India on Thursday thrashed Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the first One Day International (ODI) match of the three-match series in Harare. The victory came on back of powerful performances by Indian openers Shubman Gill and Shikhar Dhawan, who made an unbeaten opening partnership of 163 runs.
Chasing a target of 190 runs, the opening pair of Gill and Dhawan hit boundaries & sixes as they easily overwhelmed the hosts and clinched India’s victory in the first ODI match. Their unbeaten partnership helped India score the target of 190 runs in just 30 overs.
That’s that from the 1st ODI.
An unbeaten 192 run stand between @SDhawan25 & @ShubmanGill as #TeamIndia win by 10 wickets.
Scorecard – https://t.co/P3fZPWilGM #ZIMvIND pic.twitter.com/jcuGMG0oIG
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 18, 2022
Earlier, Indian bowlers Axar Patel and Deepak Chahar scalped 3 wickets each as India bowled out Zimbabwe for 189 runs in 40.3 overs.
Prasidh Krishna also picked up 3 wickets but proved to be expensive. Zimbabwe’s captain Regis Chakabva top-scored for the team with a knock of 35 runs while Richard Ngarava & Brad Evans scored 34 and 33, respectively.
India XI: KL Rahul (capt.), Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Siraj
Zimbabwe XI: Regis Chakabva (capt & wk), Ryan Burl, Luke Jongwe, Bradley Evans, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Innocent Kaia, Sean Williams, Wessly Madhevere, Sikandar Raza, Victor Nyauchi, Richard Ngarava
