Report & Highlights: India vs Zimbabwe – ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
India galloped into the quarter-finals with a six-wicket win over Zimbabwe in their last game of the league phase of the ICC Cricket World Cup, 2015. Left struggling on 92 for four, Suresh Raina (110*) and MS Dhoni (85*) scripted India's reply with well crafted unbroken 196-run partnership to chase down the 288-run target. Brendon Taylor's last century for Zimbabwe went in vain as the batsmen to follow failed to capitalise on the platform he had laid with a magnificent 138. After Dhoni Elected to field in Auckland, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Mohit Sharma put up a disciplined performance as they struck early blows and later reined the opposition in after the spinners had been bludgeoned by Brendon Taylor and co. Although Zimbabwe looked set for a 300-run total, the Indian pacers returned to bowl them out with seven balls to spare. Earlier, Yadav took the edge off Hamilton Masakadza's bat through to Dhoni to deal the first blow. In the next, Chamu Chibhabha edg...