India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20I cricket score : India beat Zimbabwe by 54 runs

India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20I cricket score : India beat Zimbabwe by 54 runs -

India won the toss and decided to bat first against Zimbabwe in the first T20I.

ZIM XI: Masakadza, Chibhabha, C Ervine, C Coventry(wk), Chigumbura(c), S Raza, P Utseya, G Cremer, N Madziva, C Mpofu, T Muzaraba.

IND XI: Rahane(c), Vijay, R Uthappa(wk), M Pandey, K Jadhav, S Binny, A Patel, Harbhajan Singh, B Kumar, M Sharma, Sandeep Sharma

Players who are playing their first T20I for India today: Sandeep Sharma Manish Pandey Kedar Jadhav Axar Patel Stuart Binny.

Sandeep Sharma is a sensation in the 2014 release of the IPL, the Punjab bowler got 18 wickets in that competition. This year, the 22-year-old got 13 wickets in the competition. He has likewise played 27 top notch coordinates and has 111 wickets to his name.

For Zimbabwe : Taurai Muzarbani will make his debut in this match. He is also a fast-bowler and has 128 wickets from 58 first-class matches.

Murali Vijay & Rahane to open innings for india. Vijay smashes 6 runs to give 17 runs in an hour.  India race to 47/0 in 5 overs. Soon, misfortune occure Murali Vijay OUT!  India 61/1 (7 overs). Uthappa comes up to give india a steady start.But, it dint go well as Rahane looses his wicket.  India 82/2 after 9.2 overs. Pandey comes out to patner Uthappa, he is on T20I debut with bit of agrressive shots india completes 100 in 12.2 overs. Soon Pandey losses his wicket on slower ball for 19 runs. India now 127/3 (15.2). Jadhav comes in to give Uthappa the patnership, couldn't hold down for long & loses his wicket on 9 runs. India 150/4 (17.3)Binny comes and a hope raises for India, but he departs to go for quick runs. India 166/5 (19.1) overs.

India finish off with 178/5. They scored 96 runs in 10 overs. Uthappa remains unbeaten on 39.

Chamu Chibhabha and Hamilton Masakadza opens for Zimbabwe to Target 179. Aggressive start from both soon Zimbabwe  reach 49 after 7 overs for no loss. India need to break this patnership.

Harbhajan takes the much needed wicket. Chibhabha (23) steps out and sooner Masakadza looses his wicket (28). Axar doing his debut loses wicket in 1st over. Another wicket falls, bhajji to take his second wicket.  Zimbabwe 68/4 after 10.5 overs. Mohit Sharma to take a wicket of Craig Ervine (2). Zimbabwe 82/5 after 13.4.

Zimbabwe finish on 124/7. India beat Zimababwe by 54 runs.