Tuesday, October 3, 2017

India win, Zimbabwe aren’t (Ka)p(i)leased

While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, Zimbabwe made three changes to theirs – Grant Paterson, Kevin Curran and Babu Meman were replaced by Robin Brown, Peter Rawson and Eddo Brandes.

On winning the toss, Dev, India’s Kap(il)tain, inserted the African nation, whose openers put on just four. Ali Shah, who faced three balls, did not get off the mark. He was run out. Brown scored 13. His 52-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Kiran More. Chetan Sharma broke the 32-run stand.

Andy Pycroft, who faced nine balls, scored a couple. He was caught by More. Sharma broke the four-run stand. David Houghton, who faced 35 balls, scored 22. He was caught by Dev. Ravi Shastri broke the 43-run stand. Arnott scored 60. His 126-ball (Kev)innings a boundary. Dev broke the 67-run stand.

Andy Waller, who faced 44 balls, scored 39. His innings included four boundaries and a six. He was caught by Ravi. Maninder Singh broke the S(hastr)ixth-wicket partnership, which was worth five. Butchart scored 13. His 14-ball (Ia)innings included a boundary. Dev broke the 29-run stand.

Rawson, who faced 17 balls, scored 16. He was unbeaten, as was Brandes, who faced four balls, scoring three. India conceded 23 extras. Zimbabwe scored 191 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Mohammad Azharuddin, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 14. Manoj Prabhakar bowled seven wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded a dozen.

Shastri, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket. Singh bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32 and picked up a wicket. Sharma, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 41 and picked up two wickets. Dev bowled 10 overs, including two maidens. He conceded 44 and picked up a couple of scalps.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth faced nine balls, scoring six. His innings included a boundary. Malcolm Jarvis trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 11-run stand.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced 61 balls, scored 55. His innings included five fours and a six. He was caught by Brandes. Rawson broke the 94-run stand. Sunil Gavaskar, who faced 114 balls, scored 50. His innings included three fours. He was caught by Butchart. The third-wicket stand, which was worth 27, was broken by Rawson.

Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 43 balls, scored 33. His innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten, as was Dev, the (Ka)p(i)layer of the match, who faced 25 balls, scoring 41. His innings included two boundaries and three sixes.

Zimbabwe conceded nine extras. India were in seventh heaven – they scored 194 for the loss of three wickets off 42 overs, winning the match with 48 balls to spare. Butchart bowled two wicketless overs, conceding 14. Brandes bowled six wicketless overs, conceding 28. Shah bowled eight wicketless overs, conceding 40.

John Traicos, Zimbabwe’s skipper, bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 39. Jarvis bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 21, picking up a scalp. Rawson bowled eight overs, conceded 46 and picked up two wickets.


 

  


  


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