Today India will start their T20 Series winning campaign over Zimbabwe in 2 T20 Series. India had already clinched the ODI Series from Zimbabwe with a whitewash 3-0. First ODI won by India put the Rahane’s team in bit trouble, but they fought hard and come back with more aggression to win the series.
After Winning Series with 3-0 win over Zimbabwe India players pose with the trophy
As of now, they have to move their focus on T20 matches, as the next in 2016 ICC T20 world cup is on its way in March-April. Today India start their T20 campaign with playing 1st T20 match on Friday.
Most important players who shined in India’s win over Zimbabwe in 3 match ODI series are Manish Pandey ( in last ODI) and Kedar Jadhav (in 2nd ODI) played their best ODI knocks to take India the home safely.
In last ODI, both of them played their best game, international cricket, build partnerships and take the match beyond the reach of Zimbabwe.
“It was a great opportunity and that’s what I took it as,” said Jadhav who scored his maiden century in the final match of the ODI series. “I knew it would be challenging here, so I was prepared for that and I always knew it wouldn’t be easy to score in every game.
Zimbabwe will also take this T20 series as a practice for upcoming T20 World cup in 2016. They lost their 2 T20 from Pakistan and now will try to make an impression.
India vs Zimbabwe 2015 T20 Series Schedule:
| Date | Match | Team | Opponent | Time | Venue |
| 17 July, 2015 | 1st T20 | India | Zimbabwe | 16:30 IST, 13:00 Local | Harare Sport Club |
| 19 July, 2015 | 2nd T20 | India | Zimbabwe | 16:30 IST, 13:00 Local | Harare Sport Club |
Players who can shine in T20’s:
India:
Ajinkya Rahane, Jadhav & Binny scores a bit in ODI series but players like Pandey, Vijay & Uthappa had take team to win by carrying a healthy run scores in ODI series.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harbhajan Singh and Mohit Sharma showed some good bowling in ODI series, so they can also show some strength to Zimbabwe in T20’s. Harbhajan is main players to see how he goes in T20 as well. Because His performance in ODI series very impressive after a long comeback in ODI’s and completing 700 ODI wickets record.
Zimbabwe:
Chamu Chibhabha & Chigumbura were the main players against India who had scored some runsin the ODIs while Masakadza, Mutumbami, Waller, Raza, Chakabva, Sibanda and Williams can also show some hard hitting in T20’s.
India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20 Match Details:
- Teams: India vs Zimbabwe
- Series: T20
- Venue: Harare Sports Club
- Time: 11:00 GMT, 13:00 Local & 16:30 IST
- Date: Friday, 17 July, 2015
Teams Playing XI:
Zimbabwe XI - Hamilton Masakadza, Chamu Chibhabha, Craig Ervine, Charles Kevin Coventry (W), Elton Chigumbura (C), Sikandar Raza, Prosper Utseya, Graeme Cremer, Neville Madziva, Chris Mpofu, Taurai Muzarabani
India XI– Ajinkya Rahane (C), Murali Vijay, Robin Uthappa (W), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Stuart Binny, Axar Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma
“We honestly thought we should have won [more games],” Zimbabwe coach Dav Whatmore said. ”
Watch India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20 Live:
India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20 Live Streaming will be shown Online just before 1 hour before the match. Match will scheduled at 16:30 Indian Time, 11:00 GMT, 12:00 pm BST, 7 am EST.
Live Tv telecast in in India can be seen on Ten Cricket and live streaming on Ten Sports Live
For the US viewers, India vs Zimbabwe T20 Live Stream will be shown on Youtube Willow TV Online
