Neville Madziva

Medium pacer Tinashe Panyangara has been ruled out of the upcoming ODI series and three T20 internationals against India with a back injury, while Graeme Cremer returned to lead the side in both forms of the game.

Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura won the toss and opted to bowl first in the second ODI of the three-match series against India at Harare on Sunday.

Not too long ago, if India needed eight runs to win off the final over in an ODI or a T20 contest and a certain gentleman by the name of MS Dhoni was at the crease, you could have taken victory for granted. This isn't the case anymore.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has taken his side past the finishing line with his assured batting in crunch situations, found the last delivery bowled by Zimbabwe paceman Neville Madziva to be a "brilliant" one.

India produced a comprehensive performance to beat Zimbabwe by 62 runs, clinching the three-match series 2-0 with a game remaining in Harare.

Fifties from Ajinkya Rahane and Murali Vijay guided India to 271/8 against Zimbabwe in the second ODI of the three-match series on Sunday.

It was the first time that the young team was tested on the tour and it faltered on key moments to suffer an unexpected loss. Another fighting contest will be welcome but beating a wounded India could prove to be a too big a task for the home team.

Kedar Jadhav scored his maiden ODI century and was aided well by Manish Pandey (71) making his ODI debut.

Manish Pandey makes his debut for India, whereas Zimbabwe rang in three changes for the final ODI.

On a slow Harare wicket, individual efforts from Kedar Jadhav (105*) and Stuart Binny (3 for 55) helped India earn a 3-0 series win.

Good knocks by Robin Uthappa, Murali Vijay and captain Ajinkya Rahane enabled India to set 179-run target for Zimbabwe in the first T20 International.

Axar Patel (3/17) and Harbhajan Singh (2/29) bowled India to a convincing 54-run victory against Zimbabwe in the first Twenty20 International in Harare.

Indian captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and chose to bat against Zimbabwe in the first T20 International at the Harare Sports Club on Friday.

India will look to complete the formalities and assert their supremacy by completing a whitewash when they take on Zimbabwe in the third and final ODI on Tuesday.

India entered the series on the back of a 3-0 whitewash of Zimbabwe in the preceding ODI series, but suffered a shocking loss in the opening T20 last Saturday before getting their act together in the second game on Monday.

Following a whitewash of Zimbabwe in three ODIs, India will switch to the Twenty20 format for two T20Is against the hosts, the first of which is on Friday.

Pushed to the brink before managing a narrow win in the opening ODI, India will have to quickly sort out its middle-order batting woes against Zimbabwe.

During the first ODI against New Zealand at Dharamsala, he rolled his arms to perfection and picked up the wickets of James Neesham and Mitchell Santner off consecutive deliveries to restrict them to 65/7.

India would be looking to continue their dominance and complete the clean sweep when they take on a hapless Zimbabwe in the final T20 International match.

In the third and final ODI on Wednesday, India chased down a target of 123 in just 21.5 overs and ten wickets to spare to complete a 3-0 ODI whitewash on Zimbabwe. KL Rahul scored 63*, while debutant Faiz Fazal hit a confident 55*. Jasprit Bumrah claimed 4 for 22.

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has given enough hints on changes in the playing eleven after two easy wins against hosts Zimbabwe, who have proved no match even for a second string Indian team after losing the first two ODIs.

Neville Madziva defended eight runs in the last over as Zimbabwe recorded one of their famous victories over a fancied Indian side, a two-run win in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Harare Sports Club on Saturday to take 1-0 lead.

The ODI series proving to be a stroll in the park, MS Dhoni would look to finish his current season with another dominant performance when he leads India in the three-match Twenty20 series against a hapless Zimbabwe, starting on Saturday.

India's second string team will be tested when they take on Zimbabwe in the first ODI on Friday with the youngsters hoping to capitalise on the opportunity.