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2nd ODI, Harare

Zimbabwe v India, 2016

Second one-day international At Harare, June 13, 2016. India won by eight wickets. Zimbabwe 126 (34.3 overs) MoM: Y. S. Chahal.
Zimbabwe's chances were even worse than usual when they were reduced to ten men: all-rounder Sean Williams hurt his hand during catching practice after the toss and took no part. Still, at 106-3 after 25 overs, a respectable score beckoned. Vusi Sibanda had struck the ball as crisply as ever during a neat fifty, adding 67 with Sikandar Raza; the field was spread and the pitch flat. Then both lobbed catches to long-on, with Chigumbura lbw in between; Chahal's leg-breaks had claimed three wickets in eight deliveries and, by the 35th over, Zimbabwe had lost their last six for 20. Chasing only 127, openers Rahul and Karun Nair were perhaps the victims of boredom against insipid bowling, but Rayudu's fluency grew, before Manish Pandey hit his only ball for four.

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