India vs Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Playing 11 vs India (Predicted), 1st ODI, India Tour Of Zimbabwe 2022

India vs Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Playing 11 vs India (Predicted), 1st ODI, India Tour Of Zimbabwe 2022. India is set to take on hosts Zimbabwe in the first ODI of the series, on August 18, Thursday. The match is set to take place at the Harare Sports Club and is scheduled to begin at 12:45 pm IST (Indian Standard Time). The 2nd and 3rd ODI will take place on August 20 and 22 respectively. All the matches will take place at Harare Sports Club in  Harare.

India is on a 12-match winning streak against Zimbabwe in ODIs with 11 of them on Zimbabwe soil. India beat England (2-1) and West Indies (3-0) in their most recent ODI series on away soil. Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh in the ODIs (2-1) and T20Is (2-1) at home recently.

Zimbabwe Cricket has been on the back foot during the recent few years, and they are having a good time on the field recently. They won the regional T20 Qualifiers to qualify for the 2022 T20I World Cup and then beat Bangladesh in both the ODI & T20I series recently.

Now, they have a chance to showcase their talent to the wider audiences against cricketing giants India in this series. Indian team has rested most of their senior players owing to workload management and will be eager to test the young players on the bench in this series.

Zimbabwe will be led by Regis Chakabva in the absence of Craig Ervine in this series too. Takudzwanashe Kaitano and Tadiwanashe Marumani are expected to open the batting line-up.Sikandar Raza, Innocent Kaia, Regis Chakabva, Ryan Burl, and Wesley Madhevere will form their strong middle order combination with all players except Wesley Madhevere and Ryan Burl making big scores recently.

Luke Jongwe, Donald Tiripano, and Richard Ngarva will form their pace bowling trio in the starting XI this match with the likes of Victor Nyachi and Brad Evans available for selection in the squad. Sikandar Raza will lead the spin attack with Wesley Madhevere and Ryan Burl for the company in the spin attack.

India has a massively dominant record against Zimbabwe in ODIs. Out of 63 ODIs, India has won 51, and Zimbabwe has only 10 victories. Two games have ended in ties.

Zimbabwe Predicted XI:- Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Sikander Raza, Innocent Kaia, Regis Chakabva (C & WK), Ryan Burl, Wesley Madhevere, Luke Jongwe, Donald Tiripano, Richard Ngarava, Brad Evans

India vs Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Playing 11 (Predicted) vs India, 1st ODI, India Tour Of Zimbabwe 2022

Takudzwanashe Kaitano

Opener Takudzwanashe Kaitano has featured in a solitary Test and 5 ODIs. He has scored 87 runs averaging only 17.4 in the 50-over format but will be given another chance against India.

Tadiwanashe Marumani

Tadiwanashe Marumani has featured in 13 T20Is and 5 ODIs and he averages only 9.4 in ODIs but will be another opener in the India 3-match ODI series.

Sikandar Raza

The 36-year-old veteran Pakistan-born Sikandar Raza is in red hot form and has amassed 3483 runs in  117 ODIs averaging 37.05. In the recent series against Bangladesh, he scored back-to-back tons (135* and 117*) besides picking up 5 wickets. He also has 68 ODI scalps averaging 43.44.

Sikandar Raza and Innocent Kaia struck brilliant centuries to help Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh in an ODI after nine years. The pair added 192 runs for the fourth wicket in the 1st ODI.

Innocent Kaia

Innocent Kaia has featured in 6 ODIs and 8 T20Is to date. He has managed 245 ODI runs averaging 40.83 with 1 ton and 1 fifty. He scored his first international ton against Bangladesh in the 1st ODI(110) where he was involved in a record stand with Sikandar Raza to bail the team out of trouble. Zimbabwe chased down a target of 304 with ease and ended a 19-match losing streak in ODIs against Bangladesh.

Regis Chakabva

The 34-year-old skipper Regis Chakabva is a keeper and has amassed 1057 runs in 55 ODIs averaging 21.57. He has scored 1 ton and 4 fifties in ODIs. His only ODI ton- a career-best 102 came in the 3rd ODI against Bangladesh.

Ryan Burl

Ryan Burl has played 28 ODIs managing 436 runs averaging 21.8 with 3 fifties. The leg-break spinner has also picked 9 ODI scalps. He debuted in ODIs against Afghanistan in 2017.

Wesley Madhevere

Wesley Madhevere has played 20 ODIs amassing 404 runs averaging 21.26 and also picked 9 scalps with his off-spin.

Luke Jongwe

Luke Jongwe, the right arm pacer has picked 35 scalps in 31 ODIs averaging 33.51 with a best of 5/6. He debuted in 2014 against Proteas in ODIs.

Donald Tiripano

Donald Tiripano, the right arm pacer has picked 36 scalps in 38 ODIs averaging 40.44 with a best of 5/63. He debuted against Afghanistan in the ODI format in 2014.

Richard Ngarava

Richard Ngarava who debuted against Afghanistan in 2017, has picked 24 scalps in 22 ODIs averaging 42.08 with a best of 3/52.

Brad Evans

Brad Evans, the right arm pacer has featured in only 2 ODIs and 4 T20Is where he picked 2 and 3 scalps respectively.