India Vs Zimbabwe 39Th Match Pool B
ICC Cricket World Cup in Australia/New Zealand - 2015 (2014/15) · Eden Park, Auckland · 14 March 2015
India won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
India won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining). Brendan Taylor top-scored with 138 for Zimbabwe.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Eden Park, Auckland
- Date
- 14 March 2015
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Suresh Raina
- Captains
- Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe), MS Dhoni (India)
- Umpires
- BNJ Oxenford and CB Gaffaney
- Match referee
- RS Mahanama
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field.
Zimbabwe batted first and made 287 all out. Brendan Taylor top-scored with 138 off 110 balls, and Sean Williams made 50. Umesh Yadav took 3 for 43 for India. The innings was built on a 109-run stand for the fifth wicket between Brendan Taylor and Craig Ervine. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at Eden Park, 238 across 16 ODIs.
Chasing 288, India made 288 for 4. Suresh Raina top-scored with 110 not out off 104 balls, and MS Dhoni made 85. The innings was built on a 196-run stand for the fifth wicket between MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina, 68% of the total.
India won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining).
ZIMBABWE: 287 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Masakadza | c MS Dhoni b Umesh Yadav | 2 | 8 |
| Chamu Chibhabha | c Shikhar Dhawan b Mohammed Shami | 7 | 16 |
| Solomon Mire | c MS Dhoni b Mohit Sharma | 9 | 22 |
| Brendan Taylor | c Shikhar Dhawan b Mohit Sharma | 138 | 110 |
| Sean Williams | c & b Ravichandran Ashwin | 50 | 57 |
| Craig Ervine | c & b Mohit Sharma | 27 | 41 |
| Sikandar Raza | b Mohammed Shami | 28 | 15 |
| Regis Chakabva | c Rohit Sharma b Umesh Yadav | 10 | 13 |
| Tinashe Panyangara | c Umesh Yadav b Mohammed Shami | 6 | 6 |
| Tawanda Mupariwa | not out | 1 | 2 |
| Tendai Chatara | b Umesh Yadav | 0 | 3 |
Extras 9 · Total 287 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Shami | 9 | 2 | 48 | 3 |
| Umesh Yadav | 9.5 | 1 | 43 | 3 |
| Mohit Sharma | 10 | 1 | 48 | 3 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 10 | 0 | 75 | 1 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 10 | 0 | 71 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-11 (Hamilton Masakadza, 3.3 ov), 2-13 (Chamu Chibhabha, 4.3 ov), 3-33 (Solomon Mire, 10.6 ov), 4-126 (Sean Williams, 28.3 ov), 5-235 (Brendan Taylor, 41.5 ov), 6-241 (Craig Ervine, 43.1 ov), 7-276 (Sikandar Raza, 45.6 ov), 8-285 (Tinashe Panyangara, 47.3 ov), 9-286 (Regis Chakabva, 48.1 ov), 10-287 (Tendai Chatara, 48.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Hamilton Masakadza (2) and Chamu Chibhabha (7) | 11 | 21 |
| second | Chamu Chibhabha (0) and Solomon Mire (2) | 2 | 6 |
| third | Brendan Taylor (12) and Solomon Mire (7) | 20 | 39 |
| fourth | Brendan Taylor (42) and Sean Williams (50) | 93 | 105 |
| fifth | Brendan Taylor (84) and Craig Ervine (22) | 109 | 80 |
| sixth | Craig Ervine (5) and Sikandar Raza (1) | 6 | 8 |
| seventh | Regis Chakabva (8) and Sikandar Raza (27) | 35 | 17 |
| eighth | Tinashe Panyangara (6) and Regis Chakabva (1) | 9 | 9 |
| ninth | Tawanda Mupariwa (0) and Regis Chakabva (1) | 1 | 4 |
| tenth | Tawanda Mupariwa (1) and Tendai Chatara (0) | 1 | 4 |
INDIA: 288 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shikhar Dhawan | b Tinashe Panyangara | 4 | 20 |
| Rohit Sharma | c Sikandar Raza b Tinashe Panyangara | 16 | 21 |
| Virat Kohli | b Sikandar Raza | 38 | 48 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | run out (Sikandar Raza, Brendan Taylor) | 19 | 24 |
| Suresh Raina | not out | 110 | 104 |
| MS Dhoni | not out | 85 | 76 |
Did not bat: Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav
Extras 16 · Total 288 for 4
| Bowler (Zimbabwe) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinashe Panyangara | 8.4 | 1 | 53 | 2 |
| Tendai Chatara | 10 | 1 | 59 | 0 |
| Tawanda Mupariwa | 10 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| Solomon Mire | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Sean Williams | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Sikandar Raza | 8 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Hamilton Masakadza | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-21 (Rohit Sharma, 6.1 ov), 2-21 (Shikhar Dhawan, 6.5 ov), 3-71 (Ajinkya Rahane, 16.3 ov), 4-92 (Virat Kohli, 22.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Shikhar Dhawan (4) and Rohit Sharma (16) | 21 | 37 |
| second | Shikhar Dhawan (0) and Virat Kohli (0) | 0 | 4 |
| third | Virat Kohli (27) and Ajinkya Rahane (19) | 50 | 57 |
| fourth | Suresh Raina (10) and Virat Kohli (11) | 21 | 37 |
| fifth | MS Dhoni (85) and Suresh Raina (100) | 196 | 157 |
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