Indian Cricket Team Updates

What Match 2 of the five-game bilateral ODI series between Zimbabwe and India When July 26, 2013, Friday Where Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Teams Zimbabwe Barring a couple of decent performances – from Sikandar Raza (82) and Elton Chigumbura (43* and 1 for 30) – the hosts failed to pose any serious challenge to India in the series opener. Given their recent fine form at home, Zimbabwe will hope for a tighter contest in the second ODI. The biggest positive the home team can draw from the last match was the 72-run opening stand between Vusi Sibanda and Raza as they countered the prodigiously swinging new ball with aplomb. If the middle-order batsmen play their part, Zimbabwe can aim for a challenging total. The bowlers, who did well to pick up four Indian wickets while defending 228, would then have a bit more to play with. (Also Read:  Highlights: Zimbabwe vs India, 1st ODI, Harare, 24th July 2013 ) India Apart from the failure to get early breakthroug...

What Match 1 of the five-game bilateral ODI series between Zimbabwe and India When July 24, 2013, Wednesday Where Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Teams Zimbabwe The hosts enjoyed significant success recently against Bangladesh, winning the ODI series and drawing the T20I and Test series. They will now be keen to test their skills against a stronger, albeit a young, Indian side. Zimbabwe were set to chase down competitive totals in two ODIs versus Bangladesh, and their batting line-up delivered in both those games. They would likely persist with more or less the same batsmen this series, while their bowlers will fight for the available spots.   ( Also Read:  India Squad for Zimbabwe Tour 2013 ) India Although the opposition is not intimidating, there is much to look forward to in this series for those concerned with Indian cricket. The big pool of youngsters in the squad might just give us a sneak peek into India’s ODI fu...