Zimbabwe Vs India 6Th Match
Videocon Triangular Series India, New Zealand, Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe - 2005 (2005) · Harare Sports Club, Harare · 4 September 2005
India won by 4 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
India won by 4 wickets (with 11 balls remaining). Yuvraj Singh top-scored with 120 for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Harare Sports Club, Harare
- Date
- 4 September 2005
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 4 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Yuvraj Singh
- Captains
- Tatenda Taibu (Zimbabwe), Sourav Ganguly (India)
- Debuts
- Keith Dabengwa (Zimbabwe), RP Singh (India)
- Umpires
- DJ Harper and RB Tiffin
- Match referee
- RS Mahanama
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field. Keith Dabengwa and RP Singh played their first ODIs.
Zimbabwe batted first and made 250 all out. Charles Coventry top-scored with 74 off 99 balls, and Tatenda Taibu made 71. Ajit Agarkar took 3 for 34 for India. The innings was built on a 116-run stand for the fourth wicket between Tatenda Taibu and Charles Coventry, 46% of the total. From 227 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 23 runs, to 250 for 10.
Chasing 251, India made 255 for 6. Yuvraj Singh top-scored with 120 off 124 balls, and MS Dhoni made 67. The innings was built on a 158-run stand for the sixth wicket between MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh, 62% of the total.
India won by 4 wickets (with 11 balls remaining).
ZIMBABWE: 250 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vusi Sibanda | lbw b RP Singh | 1 | 6 |
| Brendan Taylor | run out (Yuvraj Singh) | 26 | 41 |
| Hamilton Masakadza | c & b RP Singh | 0 | 5 |
| Tatenda Taibu | b Jai Prakash Yadav | 71 | 97 |
| Charles Coventry | c Murali Kartik b Ajit Agarkar | 74 | 99 |
| Andy Blignaut | st MS Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh | 41 | 26 |
| Sean Williams | run out (Ajit Agarkar, MS Dhoni) | 8 | 6 |
| Gavin Ewing | lbw b Murali Kartik | 7 | 10 |
| Blessing Mahwire | b Ajit Agarkar | 2 | 9 |
| Prosper Utseya | b Ajit Agarkar | 0 | 2 |
Did not bat: Keith Dabengwa
Extras 19 · Total 250 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RP Singh | 8 | 1 | 44 | 2 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 10 | 3 | 34 | 3 |
| Jai Prakash Yadav | 9 | 1 | 44 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Murali Kartik | 9 | 1 | 52 | 1 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 4 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-4 (Vusi Sibanda, 2.1 ov), 2-4 (Hamilton Masakadza, 2.6 ov), 3-50 (Brendan Taylor, 14.1 ov), 4-166 (Tatenda Taibu, 36.4 ov), 5-227 (Charles Coventry, 44.5 ov), 6-232 (Andy Blignaut, 45.2 ov), 7-246 (Sean Williams, 47.3 ov), 8-248 (Gavin Ewing, 48.6 ov), 9-249 (Prosper Utseya, 49.3 ov), 10-250 (Blessing Mahwire, 49.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Vusi Sibanda (1) and Brendan Taylor (0) | 4 | 13 |
| second | Hamilton Masakadza (0) and Brendan Taylor (0) | 0 | 5 |
| third | Tatenda Taibu (18) and Brendan Taylor (26) | 46 | 66 |
| fourth | Tatenda Taibu (53) and Charles Coventry (49) | 116 | 137 |
| fifth | Andy Blignaut (36) and Charles Coventry (25) | 61 | 49 |
| sixth | Andy Blignaut (5) and Sean Williams (0) | 5 | 3 |
| seventh | Gavin Ewing (6) and Sean Williams (7) | 14 | 12 |
| eighth | Gavin Ewing (1) and Blessing Mahwire (1) | 2 | 9 |
| ninth | Blessing Mahwire (1) and Prosper Utseya (0) | 1 | 3 |
| tenth | Blessing Mahwire (0) and Anthony Ireland (1) | 1 | 3 |
INDIA: 255 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sourav Ganguly | c Vusi Sibanda b Anthony Ireland | 2 | 8 |
| Virender Sehwag | b Blessing Mahwire | 12 | 13 |
| Mohammad Kaif | lbw b Andy Blignaut | 8 | 21 |
| Rahul Dravid | b Blessing Mahwire | 6 | 11 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Keith Dabengwa b Andy Blignaut | 120 | 124 |
| Venugopal Rao | run out (Keith Dabengwa) | 27 | 48 |
| MS Dhoni | not out | 67 | 63 |
| Jai Prakash Yadav | not out | 0 | 2 |
Did not bat: RP Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik
Extras 13 · Total 255 for 6
| Bowler (Zimbabwe) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessing Mahwire | 9.1 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| Anthony Ireland | 10 | 0 | 59 | 1 |
| Andy Blignaut | 9 | 0 | 54 | 2 |
| Gavin Ewing | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Prosper Utseya | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Sean Williams | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Keith Dabengwa | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-15 (Virender Sehwag, 2.4 ov), 2-23 (Sourav Ganguly, 5.3 ov), 3-34 (Rahul Dravid, 8.2 ov), 4-36 (Mohammad Kaif, 9.2 ov), 5-91 (Venugopal Rao, 24.2 ov), 6-249 (Yuvraj Singh, 47.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sourav Ganguly (1) and Virender Sehwag (12) | 15 | 17 |
| second | Sourav Ganguly (1) and Mohammad Kaif (5) | 8 | 17 |
| third | Rahul Dravid (6) and Mohammad Kaif (3) | 11 | 17 |
| fourth | Mohammad Kaif (0) and Yuvraj Singh (2) | 2 | 6 |
| fifth | Yuvraj Singh (23) and Venugopal Rao (27) | 55 | 90 |
| sixth | MS Dhoni (61) and Yuvraj Singh (95) | 158 | 140 |
| seventh | Jai Prakash Yadav (0) and MS Dhoni (6) | 6 | 3 |
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