IND vs ZIM Live Score, India vs Zimbabwe T20 World Cup 1st T20I Match Today: Get India vs Zimbabwe Live Updates from Harare Sports Club in Harare
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score, IND vs ZIM 1st T20I Match Today: Indian skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and opted to bowl first against Sikandar Raza’s Zimbabwe in the first of five match T20I series at Harare Sports Club in Harare on Saturday.
Amid retirements and rested senior players, it is a huge opportunity for youngsters who will be eager to make the step-up to international cricket. India’s young squad consists of many budding superstars who have had an enriching experience in the IPL, including Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag and Tushar Deshpande.
Among others expected to gain valuable T20 opportunities are prolific batter Ruturaj Gaikwad (skipper of Chennai Super Kings) as also spin all-rounder Washington Sundar and medium pacer Tushar Deshpande, who picked up 38 IPL wickets for Chennai in the past two seasons. Abhishek Sharma is set to open the innings with Gill in the first T20, with Gaikwad slotting in at number three.
Teams:
India (Playing XI): Shubman Gill(c), Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel(w), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Tadiwanashe Marumani, Innocent Kaia, Brian Bennett, Sikandar Raza(c), Dion Myers, Johnathan Campbell, Clive Madande(w), Wessly Madhevere, Luke Jongwe, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chatara
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Shubman Gill will lead India in the five-match T20I series in Zimbabwe. (BCCI)
The dust has settled and the hangover from Bridgetown is still lingering. But in Harare, India will take a fresh guard in a format that has just brought them a World Cup. Exactly a week after Rohit Sharma & Co lifted the title, at the Harare Sports Club India are officially entering a period of transition with an eye on the next T20 World Cup to be played at home and in Sri Lanka.
While much of their roadmap will be clear only after a new head coach takes over, India’s immediate focus is very much on Test cricket, especially the tour of Australia later this year. The Indian Express understands that keeping the gruelling schedule ahead, which will see them play 10 Tests between September to January, India are prepared to try out young guns in the T20Is and ODIs even for the tour of Sri Lanka that follows soon after the Zimbabwe trip. (READ MORE)
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