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IND vs ZIM 1st T20: The first match of the three-match T20 series between India and Zimbabwe is being played at Harare Sports Club. Indian captain Shreyas Iyer has decided to bowl first after winning the toss. After winning the toss, Shreyas Iyer said that we will bowl first. I am here for the first time, so I don’t know how the pitch will play, but there was a good amount of bounce on the practice pitch. I don’t know how the pitch will play, but hopefully there will be bounce.

Zimbabwe has been playing brilliantly in the last few years, especially their performance in the World Cup. The batsmen and bowlers were using their strengths properly. It was amazing. We will go with three fast bowlers and one spinner. Right arm fast bowler Ashok Sharma is debuting for India.

What did the Zimbabwe captain say?

Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza said that I do not think this is a normal wicket for Harare Sports Club. It may help a little in the beginning, but I don’t think it will last long. A lot of runs can be scored on this wicket and hopefully we will be able to score a good score. There were many good things in the last T20 series against Bangladesh. Our bowlers performed brilliantly. Even in Bulawayo, on a slightly slower pitch, our top three batsmen scored most of the runs.

Hopefully, the lower and middle order batsmen will also contribute and try to score runs, and our bowlers will continue to perform well. I’m sure it will be a very good match. We are going with four fast bowlers and one spinner. Nyamahuri is making his T20 debut.

Playing 11 of both teams

India’s playing eleven: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Ashok Sharma, Mayank Yadav.

Zimbabwe playing eleven: Brian Bennett, Tadivanashe Marumani (wk), Ben Curran, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (captain), Ryan Burl, Wesley Madhevere, Brad Evans, Newman Nyamauri, Richard Ngarwa, Blessing Muzarabani.

-with agency input