India beat Zimbabwe by 6 wickets

India beat Zimbabwe by six wickets in the first of two Twenty-20 matches at Harare Sports Club here on Saturday.

Final scoreboard after the first of two Twenty-20 matches between Zimbabwe and India

Zimbabwe innings

H. Masakadza c Raina b Kumar 1

B. Taylor lbw b Kumar 15

C. Chibhabha lbw b Chawla 40

T. Taibu c Sharma b Ashwin 4

C. Ervine b Dinda 30

E. Chigumbura c Vijay b Ojha 3

G. Lamb lbw b Ojha 0

P. Utseya b Kumar 6

R. Price b Dinda 2

E. Rennie not out 1

C. Mpofu not out 3

Extras (3lb, 1w, 2nb) 6

Total (for 9 wkts) 111

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Masakadza), 2-30 (Taylor), 3-43 (Taibu), 4-73 (Chibhabha), 5-80 (Chigumbura), 6-81 (Lamb), 7-103 (Ervine), 8-105 (Price), 9-107 (Utseya).

Bowling: Ashok Dinda 3-0-27-2 (2nb, 1w), Vimay Kumar 3-0-24-3, Pragyan Ojha 4-0-11-2, R. Ashwin 4-0-22-1, Piyush Chawla 4-0-14-1, Yusuf Pathan 2-0-10-0.

India innings

M. Vijay c Utseya b Mpofu 5

N. Ojha c Taibu b Mpofu 2

S. Raina c Chigumbura b Price 28

India: 112-4 (15.0 overs)

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