Indian national cricket team in Zimbabwe in the 2015 season

The Indian national cricket team's tour to Zimbabwe in the 2015 season took place from July 10th to 19th, 2015. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015 international cricket season and included three ODIs and two Twenty20s . India won the ODI series 3-0, while the Twenty20 series 1-1 ended in a draw.

prehistory

India last did a tour in Bangladesh , Zimbabwe in Pakistan . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2013 season in Zimbabwe .

Stages

Harare

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on June 10, 2015.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Harare	Harare Sports Club	10,000	1st - 3rd ODI; 1st – 2nd T20

Squad lists

India named its squad on June 29, 2015.

ODI		Twenty20
Zimbabwe	India	Zimbabwe	India
Elton Chigumbura ( K ) Regis Chakabva ( wk ) Chamu Chibhabha Graeme Cremer Neville Madziva Hamilton Masakadza Richmond Mutumbami ( wk ) Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Vusi Sibanda Donald Tiripano Prosper Utseya Brian Vitori Malcolm Waller Sean Williams	Ajinkya Rahane ( K ) Stuart Binny Kedar Jadhav Dhawal Kulkarni Bhuvneshwar Kumar Manish Pandey Axar Patel Ambati Rayudu Sanju Samson Karn Sharma Mohit Sharma Sandeep Sharma Harbhajan Singh Manoj Tiwary Robin Uthappa ( wk ) Murali Vijay	Elton Chigumbura ( K ) Chamu Chibhabha Charles Coventry ( wk ) Graeme Cremer Creig Ervine Neville Madziva Hamilton Masakadza Chris Mpofu Turai Muzarabani John Nyumbu Sikandar Raza Donald Tiripano Prosper Utseya Brian Vitori Malcolm Waller	Ajinkya Rahane ( K ) Stuart Binny Kedar Jadhav Dhawal Kulkarni Bhuvneshwar Kumar Manish Pandey Axar Patel Ambati Rayudu Sanju Samson Karn Sharma Mohit Sharma Sandeep Sharma Harbhajan Singh Manoj Tiwary Robin Uthappa ( wk ) Murali Vijay

One-day internationals

First ODI in Harare

July 10th scorecard	Harare	India 255-6 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 251-7 (50)
		India wins with 4 runs

Second ODI in Harare

July 12th scorecard	Harare	India 271-8 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 209 (49)
		India wins with 62 runs

Third ODI in Harare

July 14th scorecard	Harare	India 276-5 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 193 (42.4)
		India wins with 83 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Harare

July 17th scorecard	Harare	India 178-5 (20)	-	Zimbabwe 124-7 (20)
		India wins with 54 runs

Second Twenty20 in Harare

July 19th scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 145-7 (20)	-	India 135-9 (20)
		Zimbabwe wins by 10 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Ambati Rayudu	India	2	2	165	165.00	124 *	1	0
Chamu Chibhabha	Zimbabwe	3	3	157	52.33	82	0	2
Kedar Jadhav	India	3	3	126	63.00	105 *	1	0
Elton Chigumbura	Zimbabwe	3	3	123	61.50	104 *	1	0
Stuart Binny	India	3	3	120	60.00	77	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Neville Madziva	Zimbabwe	2	19th	6th	18.00	4/49	0	0
Stuart Binny	India	3	27	6th	25.16	3/55	0	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	India	3	26th	5	16.00	4/33	0	0
Axar Patel	India	3	26.4	5	24.00	2/39	0	0
Chamu Chibhabha	Zimbabwe	3	23	4th	26.75	2/25	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	India	3	30th	4th	27.50	2/35	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Chamu Chibhabha	Zimbabwe	2	2	90	45.00	67	0	1
Robin Uthappa	India	2	2	81	81.00	42	0	0
Hamilton Masakadza	Zimbabwe	2	2	47	23.50	28	0	0
Murali Vijay	India	2	2	47	23.50	34	0	0
Ajinkya Rahane	India	2	2	37	18.50	33	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Graeme Cremer	Zimbabwe	2	8th	4th	9.50	3/18	0	0
Axar Patel	India	2	8th	4th	10.00	3/17	0	0
Chris Mpofu	Zimbabwe	2	7th	4th	14.75	3/33	0	0
Mohit Sharma	India	2	7th	3	12.00	2/28	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	India	1	4th	2	14.50	2/29	0	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	India	2	8th	2	24.00	2/26	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Ambati Rayudu
T20	Chamu Chibhabha

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Ambati Rayudu
2. ODI	Murali Vijay
3. ODI	Kedar Jadhav
1. T20	Axar Patel
2. T20	Chamu Chibhabha

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ India to tour Zimbabwe in July . Cricinfo. June 10, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
2. ↑ Rahane to lead second-string side in Zimbabwe ( English ) Cricinfo. June 29, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
3. ↑ Records / India in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / India in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / India in Zimbabwe T20I Series, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / India in Zimbabwe T20I Series, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 16, 2016.