India beat Zimbabwe by 4 runs

Harare (CRICKETNMORE) - India beat Zimbabwe by 4 runs in the first ODI. 

Scorecard, 1st ODI - India vs Zimbabwe

Toss - Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe) won the toss and elected to field first.

Venue - Harare Sports Club, Harare

Indian Innings - A Rayudu (124*) and Stuart Binny (77) helped India to post 255/6 in 50 overs. For Zimbabwe, C Chibhabh took 2/25 from his 10 overs.

Zimbabwe Innings - Skipper E Chigumbura unbeaten century (104*) couldn't help his team from the loss. For India, A Patel and Stuart Binny took 2 wickets each.

Man of the Match - Ambati Rayudu (India)

Match Result - India won by 4 runs

Series Result - India leading the 3 match series by 1-0

Quote

"Contributing towards teams success is always pleasing. I was constantly saying Binny to hold back, as there were plenty of overs left. He batted well and it was a wonderful knock from him." - Ambati Rayudu

Teams

Indian Squad for the 1st ODI

Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Ambati Rayudu, Manoj Tiwary, Robin Uthappa(w), Kedar Jadhav, Stuart Binny, Axar Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni.

Zimbabwe Squad for the 1st ODI 

Sikandar Raza, Vusi Sibanda, Chamu Chibhabha, Hamilton Masakadza, Sean Williams, Elton Chigumbura(c), Richmond Mutumbami(w), Graeme Cremer, Donald Tiripano, Brian Vitori, Tinashe Panyangara.