India’s miserable form continued as they slumped to a 6 wicket loss at the hands of Zimbabwe in the first match of the triangular series in Zimababwe.
Zimbabwe shocked India by six wickets in the opening One-day International of the tri-series cricket here Friday.Set a winning target of 286 runs, Zimbabwe gave a power-packed performance to reach the target with 10 balls to spare.
Brendan Taylor (81) and Hamilton Masakadza (46) laid the foundation of the chase, smashing 88 runs in 13 overs.
Craig Ervine (67 not out) and Charles Coventry (32) then held the reins in the middle overs.
Earlier, Rohit Sharma struck a century as India scored 285 for five against Zimbabwe in the opening ODI of the tri-series here Friday.
Sharma made 114 off 199 balls with the help of six fours and four sixes. He got able support from Ravindra Jadeja who scored a run-a-ball 61, smashing five fours.
The two added 132 runs for the fifth wicket after India were reduced to 128 for four in 30 overs.
For Zimbabwe, fast bowler Chris Mpofu picked up two wickets.
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