Published: Jun 18, 2016, 04:17 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 18, 2016, 08:06 PM (IST)
After whitewashing hosts Zimbabwe in the three-match ODI series, India will look to continue with their dominance when they take field in the first of the three-match T20I series at Harare on Saturday. Young Indian team led by MS Dhoni has been high on confidence and there should be no surprises if it goes past the hosts in a comfortable manner. LIVE Streaming, ZIM vs IND, 1st T20I: Watch Live Telecast of Zimbabwe vs India at Harare on Ten Sports
While Indians have been on a roll, Zimbabwe will have nobody to blame but themselves. With two experienced South Africans in Mkhaya Ntini and Lance Klusener at the helm of coaching affairs, they were expected to do well. But they have been disappointing with their performance to say the least. But with new format and new day, Zimbabwe will look to put up a fight.
The news from the centre is that Dhoni has won the toss and elected to field first. India are fielding five T20I debutants in the match namely the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) trio of KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mandeep Singh besides Jaydev Unadkat and Rishi Dhawan. Get the live updates, most hilarious tweets and lot more on 1st T20I between Zimbabwe and India here.
What an incredible last over by Madziva . Can’t believe MSD couldn’t finish that. Weldone @ZimCricketv #ZIMvIND
— Hina Tariq (@BeingHinaTariq) June 18, 2016
Weldone Zimabawe very very #ZIMvIND
— snehasis dash (@thegullyplayer) June 18, 2016
India would have gone top of the pointless T20 rankings with a win, now they cant go top all series… #zimvind
— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) June 18, 2016
So the best finisher in the world couldn’t score 8 runs in the last over of a t20 match that too against Zimbabwe. #ZIMvIND
— ABHISHEK BISWAS (@IM_AB7) June 18, 2016
Zimbabwean crowd is cheering & celebrating the wicket of Axar Patel. Pagal log unko yeh pataa nahin ki Dhoni strike pe aa gayaa. #ZimvInd
— Paresh Godhwani (@Par_God) June 18, 2016
Axar Patel has been hitting the big ones consistently since IPL. Something Jaddu hasn’t done for a long time. #PatelvsRajput #ZIMvIND — Na:Deem (@absolutLALA) June 18, 2016
Tracer Bullet from Dhoni #ZIMvIND
— Himanshu Shinde (@HimanJadduboy) June 18, 2016
Manish pandey is better prospect than amabati rayudu.lot have said i agree too #ZIMvIND and he is out — snehasis dash (@thegullyplayer) June 18, 2016
Manish pandey is doing what virat kohli has been doing at no 3 over the years #ZIMvIND — SAMRAAT (@ImSamraat) June 18, 2016
The art of converting ‘ones’ into ‘twos’ thats what makes Dhoni look different from the rest. #CricketFestival #ZIMvIND @ten_sports — shyam ganesh (@shyamthedude) June 18, 2016
Believe me or not… many options available for Dhawan but Manish Pandey is most mature player.. #ZIMvIND — Amar A Deshmukh (@legendsachinfan) June 18, 2016
Zimbabwe seems like playing to regain the self-respect & pride they lost in the ODI Series #ZIMvIND — Shreya. (@ViratKohliBAE_x) June 18, 2016
Pandey/Dhoni should see team through I think, but India’s faltering batting will. Ot have pleased the captain — Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) June 18, 2016
That heart-attack moment for Raina fangirls. Manish Pandey playing so well. #ZIMvIND — Sonu 😉 (@_hafees) June 18, 2016
He tried to play the helicopter shot but it wasn’t executed well 😐 #ZIMvIND — Shreya. (@ViratKohliBAE_x) June 18, 2016
Same old script? Dhoni takes it to last over, others take chances to score boundaries each over Cheers to Msd if it works again #ZIMvIND — Monish (@Mon1sh) June 18, 2016
Dhoni with bat for the 1st time in Zimbabwe. #ZIMvIND Team india is in trouble. — Roop Bhinder (@RoopBhinderr) June 18, 2016
Current Situation Of Indian Batting #ZIMvIND pic.twitter.com/ayWFm40nB2 — Soumy Sharma (@sharmasoumy) June 18, 2016
#Zim is proving themselves that they are not a down under team in #T20 format. Hats off the way they are playing against #Ind. #ZIMvIND — Im_DEEPAK (@bindazdeepak) June 18, 2016
Home Run that! Surely Some window broken Kedar Bhau Salman ka Fan #ZIMvIND — Himanshu Shinde (@HimanJadduboy) June 18, 2016
Stunning catch diving forward at long-off from Mutumbodzi and IND have lost their 3rd wkt. Mandeep is the latest to go, OUT for 31 #ZIMvIND — Lovely K (@lovelyyy300) June 18, 2016
Is it a part of a plan or Is India Really Playing Bad.. Inexperience taking its toll on Indian Team.. still hope we can win.. #ZimvInd — Gunjan Kumar Ghosh (@Iam_guns) June 18, 2016
Chibhabha gets his man! Rayudu’s stumps have been broken!#ZIMvIND — HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) June 18, 2016
Rayudu…Having some pain??? Bt no gain without pain…fella.#ZIMvIND #INDvsZIM — Sir Emraan Hashmi (@SirEmraanHashmi) June 18, 2016
now it will be a real test of the bench strength as #ZIM has finally got something on board which can be defended #ZIMvIND — jayesh kshirsagar (@ijayeshk) June 18, 2016
The fielder seems to be a fan of Kohli’s fielding #ZIMvIND — Robin Saini (@RSK_Robin) June 18, 2016
Mandeep Singh Is a Left Handed Suresh Raina. Same Batting Style. #ZIMVIND — ∂ιgνι (@Dhawan_25) June 18, 2016
Dhonut was gone for a duck as well on his T20I debut, he dragged it on too… #ZIMvIND — Nikhil Mane (@nikhiltait) June 18, 2016
Just the perfect start for Zimbabwe. Rahul attempts a cute little dab and ends up dragging it back onto the stumps, OUT first ball #ZIMvIND — Lovely K (@lovelyyy300) June 18, 2016
Pravin Amre is the only Indian to score fifty plus on debut matches in two different formats. #ZIMvIND — Mayur bayas (@cricrazymyu) June 18, 2016
Better Batting performance by #Zim has taken them to a competitive score of 170 for 6 in 20overs #ZIMvIND — Sagar Gala (@sagargala1234) June 18, 2016
Zimbabwe’s highest score in the ODI series – 168 Today they smashed 170 in the T20I.#ZIMvIND — Nikhil Mane (@nikhiltait) June 18, 2016
Goodness, they have sent in Carlos Brathwaite disguised as Elton Chigumbura. #ZIMvIND — Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) June 18, 2016
In this T20, Zimbabwe have already scored more than two of their previous ODIs innings score. #ZIMvIND — Lazy Third Man (@sharansanku) June 18, 2016
It’s T20 time and Zimbabwe finally scores more than what they scored in the one dayers! #ZIMvIND — Dhaval Trivedi (@thewall_3vedi) June 18, 2016
That wicket marked the 50th wicket for Bumrah! An exceptional year for him as far as T20 cricket is concerned!#ZIMvIND — HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) June 18, 2016
How is Cremer still in the Zimbabwe team let alone being the captain! Hasn’t been much of use for them! Disappoints yet again!#ZIMvIND — HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) June 18, 2016
He didn’t have a good time in ODIs, but Elton Chigumbura’s enjoying T20Is, having already hit 3 sixes. https://t.co/uRYGhRjObP #ZIMvIND — CricWizz (@CricWizz) June 18, 2016
When Rishi Dhawan is bowling, its like we are watching a Zimbabwe net session #ZIMvIND — Arvind Kumar (@MAKsHere) June 18, 2016
Good come back by #zim looking different side today!!!!! Com on #india #ZIMvIND — Dhanashekar (@DAN_shekar007) June 18, 2016
That is a disappointing way to go back to the dug-out for Richmond Mutumbami! Get well soon mate!#ZIMvIND — HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) June 18, 2016
Bumrah bhadiya ladka hai. Yeh bahaut aage jayega. @BumrahOfficial #ZIMvIND @BCCI #BleedBlue — Master GOGO (@PagluMasterGogo) June 18, 2016
Bye Bye Masakadza! Thanks for the short entertainment you provided!#ZIMvIND — HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) June 18, 2016
Zimbabwe lose their first wicket, will be looking to build on this and lose a few more quickly. #ZIMvIND — Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) June 18, 2016
Unadkat being treated like a shit he is. Of all the bowlers in India, how does Unadkat get a place in the national team? #ZIMvIND — Cricket Rants (@CricketRants) June 18, 2016
Unadkat bowls it full & gets smashed for a six, and then bowls a bouncer that goes for a six too. Next is what?#ZIMvIND #INDvsZIM — Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) June 18, 2016
#ZIMvIND 12 runs of the over. Go Zimbabwe. Give us a nice target to chase. pic.twitter.com/8ZeS1KnJ4N — Aditya (@adityatvveets) June 18, 2016
Bumrah has taken 48 T20 wkts in 2016 2nd highest behind Russell’s 49 most by an Indian bowler in a calendar year T20s#ZIMvIND #1stT20i — Santosh kumar yadav (@sky0771994gmail) June 18, 2016
Half the #Indian side making their debuts today..Wonder how many times this has happened. But Good for them.#Cricket #ZIMvIND #t20i — OjasKumar (@OjasManvi) June 18, 2016
The action gets underway in Harare! Will it be a demolition job yet again or will Zimbabwe show some fight?#ZIMvIND — HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) June 18, 2016
Unadkat, someone told me, has been working on his muscles and speed. Let’s see. #ZIMvIND — Soulberry (@Slbry) June 18, 2016
Just a few minutes left for encounter;!! Immense Happy for #Rishi ,#Mandy & #Jaydev as they got their debut for india #ZIMvIND — Jitendra Vala (@jitendravala123) June 18, 2016
Every time choosing field first doesn’t entertain us at all. Show some game.#ZIMvIND — Purvesh Patel (@ItsPurvesh) June 18, 2016
#ZIMXI: Chibhabha, Masakadza,Raza,Waller,Chigumbura,Mutumbami(w), Mutombodzi,Cremer(c),Neville Madziva,Muzarabani,Tiripano. #ZIMvIND — CricLife (@TheCriclife) June 18, 2016
#INDXI: KL Rahul, Mandeep, Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dhoni(w/c), Axar, Rishi Dhawan, Bumrah, Unadkat, Chahal. #ZIMvIND — CricLife (@TheCriclife) June 18, 2016
India have won the toss and elected to field first against Zimbabwe. #ZIMvIND — CricLife (@TheCriclife) June 18, 2016
KL Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mandeep Singh, Rishi Dhawan & Jaydev Unadkat to make their T20I debut for India. #ZIMvIND — CricLife (@TheCriclife) June 18, 2016
#TeamIndia have arrived for the #1stT20I at Harare Sports Club #ZimvInd pic.twitter.com/ifaEbTQBx5 — BCCI (@BCCI) June 18, 2016
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