Live Cricket Score of Zimbabwe vs India, 2nd T20I at Harare

India are on the verge of completing a total clean sweep against Zimbabwe. The second and final T20I offers the hosts their only chance of redemption. They were whitewashed in the three ODIs preceding the first T20I, where they were completely outplayed again. Ajinkya Rahane would count on the hunger of the players to make a mark in the last game of the tour.

Zimbabwe would desperately seek to restore some pride, but their batting was disappointing in the first game, as admitted by skipper Elton Chigumbura. That India had five debutants in the previous T20I did little to breach the difference in class between the two sides. The hosts will need to make most of all the chances that come their way if they are to square the series.

"'It's a lovely T20 strip, there are a few cracks on it, but there's no moisture on the surface. The cracks might open up more as the match wears on, the team winning the toss would like to bat first," reckon Venkatesh Prasad and Dirk Viljoen.

Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat first. Sikandar Raza was leading Zimbabwe as Elton Chigumbura was ruled out due to an injury. Neville Madziva was also out injured while Sean Williams and Malcolm Waller were included in the Zimbabwe eleven. India, meanwhile, decided to rest Harbhajan Singh while Sanju Samson got his maiden cap.

Captain Comments:

Rahane: "The pitch looks better, so we will have to bowl well, restrict them and chase down the target. We have done well throughout the series. Harbhajan has been rested, Sanju Samson will make his debut for India."

Raza: "We will bat first. Second game on this track, it might get slow. Elton (Chigumbura) has pulled up injured, hence the change of captaincy, luckily Sean Williams is fit. Malcolm Waller comes in place of Nevill Madziva, who also has an injury. Looks like a good batting surface."

Teams:

Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Hamilton Masakadza, Chamu Chibhabha, Charles Coventry(w), Sikandar Raza(c), Sean Williams, Craig Ervine, Malcolm Waller, Graeme Cremer, Prosper Utseya, Chris Mpofu, Taurai Muzarabani

India (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Murali Vijay, Robin Uthappa(w), Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson, Kedar Jadhav, Stuart Binny, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma