Zimbabwe vs India, 3rd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: India tour of Zimbabwe, 2015 Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare Date & Time: Jul 14, 09:00 AM LOCAL

A hard-fought four-run win in the first ODI, a comprehensive 62-run win in the second ODI - India have taken a 2-0 unassailable lead in the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. The third ODI offers them a chance to clean sweep the series and give youngsters a chance to showcase their skills.

Since, Ambati Rayudu is out of the rest of the series due to an injury and Manish Pandey is likely to make his debut.

On the other hand, Zimbabwe must be considering themselves unlucky not to have won the first ODI despite a terrific performance by their skipper Elton Chigumbura. They were pretty mediocre in the second game but if they are able to replicate their performance from the first game, they can at least secure a consolation win.

You can read more in our preview. Let's see what happens during the toss.

Three changes for the home side - Brian Vitori, Vusi Sibanda, Sean Williams are out. They will be replaced by Prosper Utseya, Malcolm Waller, and Regis Chakabva. For India, Manish Pandey makes his ODI debut. Mohit Sharma replaces Dhawal Kulkarni.

Teams:

Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Chamu Chibhabha, Regis Chakabva, Hamilton Masakadza, Elton Chigumbura(c), Sikandar Raza, Richmond Mutumbami(w), Prosper Utseya, Graeme Cremer, Neville Madziva, Donald Tiripano, Malcolm Waller

India (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Murali Vijay, Manish Pandey, Manoj Tiwary, Robin Uthappa(w), Kedar Jadhav, Stuart Binny, Harbhajan Singh, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma

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Wicket!! Masakadza gets rid of Uthappa for 31. Chigumbura with a fine running catch. Ind now 82/4 in 21.4 overs

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Axar Patel cleaned up the tail and India won the last ODI by 83 runs. In fact, Zimbabwe lost their last 7 wickets for 43 runs and this collapse made things easier for the tourists to clean sweep the series.

By the way this was India's 448th ODI win, the most by any Asian side.

After the Harbhajan double in the very next over, Malcolm Waller was dismissed by Stuart Binny on 5 and in the over after that Prosper Utseya fell to Mohit Sharma on a duck. With nearly 100 more to win, the hosts can definitely kiss this match goodbye.

Man of the Match: Kedar Jadhav for his 87-ball 105

Man of the Series: Ambati Rayudu

Zimbabwe skipper, Elton Chigumbura: "It's disappointing again, especially with the bat. We didn't manage to bat well in the whole series. We just have to make sure that we play our best cricket in the T20 series. Hopefully, we will win those games."

India skipper, Ajinkya Rahane: "Overall, a great team effort. I am really happy with this victory. We will enjoy this victory and we are looking forward to the T20 series."

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