Malcolm Waller

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

India rested Harbhajan Singh to get in Sanju Samson as Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first in the 2nd T20I on Sunday.

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and chose to field first against Zimbabwe in the third one-day international in Hambantota on Thursday.

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.

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim finally called correctly at the toss and elected to bat in the second and final Twenty20 international against Zimbabwe.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad was suspended for Afghanistan's next two matches in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier after his accumulated demerit points reached four within a 24-month period following his latest breach of the Code of Conduct.

A record double-century stand between openers Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka guided Sri Lanka to 300/6 in the fourth one-day international against Zimbabwe in Hambantota on Saturday.

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.

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 has left opening batsman Vusi Sibanda out of its squad to tour New Zealand after he was embroiled in a spat with the country's cricket authorities.

Half-centuries from Zimbabwe batsmen Peter Moor and Graeme Cremer kept Sri Lanka at bay, but the hosts were nevertheless on track for a significant first-innings lead on day three of the first Test at Harare Sports Club on Monday.

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.

Sean Williams hit a career-best 78 not out as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by six wickets in the second ODI in Bulawayo to set up a series decider.

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.

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 last one year, Virat Kohli played 31 ODIs and scored 1733 runs at an outstanding average of 66.65, including eight hundreds and six half-centuries.

“As a team we believe in honesty and always want to play within the spirit of the game. It’s a great character shown by all the boys on the field by greeting the other team. As soon as I saw McBrine fall down, I told Asif not to dislodge the bails and it’s amazing to see he reacted to that quickly and that shows how good this team is,” Lamichhane (21) told this website from Muscat.

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.

Chasing 100 runs to win, Indian openers – KL Rahul and Mandeep Singh – saw their team home with ease with 41 ball to spare against Zimbabwe.The victory marked India’s first ever 10-wicket triumph in a T20I and second best win in terms of balls (41) remaining.