2013 India Tour of Zimbabwe First ODI Harare Wednesday July 24,2013

Zimbabwe Vs India First ODI at Harare Sports Club,Harare,Zimbabwe Wednesday July 24,2013

Squads
India

Shikhar Dhawan,Rohit Sharma,Virat Kohli,Dinesh Karthik,Suresh Raina,Ambati Rayudu,Ravindra Jadeja,Amit Mishra,Mohammad Shami,Vinay Kumar and Jaydev Unadkat

India won the toss and elected to field
ODI Debuts - Ambati Rayudu and Jaydev Unadkat (India)

Zimbzbwe scored 228/7 in 50 Overs
Vusi Sibanda                            34(in 72 Balls with 4x3)

Sikander Raza                          82(in 112 Balls with 4x6 and 6x2)

Elton Chigumbura                     43*(in 34 Balls with 4x6 and 6x1)
Prosper Utseya                         08*(in 12 Balls)
Wicket Takers(India)
Amit Mishra                             3-43(10 Overs)

Suresh Raina                            1-02(1 Over)
Jaydev Unadkat                        1-39(10 overs)claimed his 1st ODI wicket of Brendan Taylor for 12

Mohammed Shami                    1-45(10 Overs)
Vinay Kumar                             1-57(9 Overs)

India scored 230/4 in 44.5 Overs
Rohit Sharma                             20(in 40 Balls with 4x2)
Shikhar Dhawan                         17(in 21 Balls with 4x3)
Virat Kohli                                 115(in 108 Balls with 4x13 and 6x1)-15th ODI century

Ambati Rayudu                            63*(in 84 Balls with 4x4) - 50 + Runs on ODI Debut

Suresh Raina                                00(in 2 Balls)
Dinesh Karthik                             08(in 15 Balls with 4x1)
Wicket Takers(Zimbabwe)
Prosper Utseya                            2-34(10 Overs)
Elton Chigumbura                         1-30(5 Overs)
Kyle Jarvis                                    1-40(8 Overs)

Match Result - India won by 6 wickets (with 31 balls remaining)
Player of the Match -Virat Kohli(India) - 15th MOM


Highlights
1)India's 6-wicket victory is their 6th in 8 matches against Zimbabwe at Harare in ODIs and India's 40th in 52 matches against Zimbabwe (Lost 10 and Tied two) - winning % 78.84

2)Virat Kohli and Ambati Rayadu scored 159 Runs for the 3rd wicket vs Zimbabwe surpasing the 143 between Sachin Tendulkar and Ajay Jadeja at Singapore on September 4, 1999

3)Virat Kohli scored his 15th ODI Hundred and 10th away from home in ODIs

4)Ambati Rayadu became the 11th Indian to score a half-century on ODI debut(Robin Uthappa's 86 off 96 balls vs England at Indore on April 15, 2006 is the highest individual innings on debut for India)

5)Jaydev Unadkat dismissed Brendan Taylor for 12 to claim his first ODI wicket

6)Virat Kohli is the only batsman to score 15 hundreds in 109 ODIs since debut. Hashim Amla has scored eleven hundreds in 74 ODIs. Four batsmen had recorded ten hundreds each in their first 109 Tests - Brian Lara, Gordon Greenidge, Herschelle Gibbs and Marcus Trescothick

7)Virat Kohli's aggregate of 4493 (ave.49.37) in 109 is an Indian record for the highest runs' tally by an Indian and the fourth highest, next only to Vivian Richards (4600), Gordon Greenidge (4545) and Brian Lara (4544).