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{{short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015
| team1_image = Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
| team1_name = Zimbabwe
| team2_image = Flag of India.svg
| team2_name = India
| from_date = 10 July 2015
| to_date = 19 July 2015
| team1_captain = [[Elton Chigumbura]]<br>[[Sikandar Raza]] <small>(2nd T20I)</small>
| team2_captain = [[Ajinkya Rahane]]
| no_of_ODIs = 3
| team1_ODIs_won = 0
| team2_ODIs_won = 3
| team1_ODIs_most_runs = [[Chamu Chibhabha]] (157)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs = [[Ambati Rayudu]] (165)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets = [[Neville Madziva]] (6)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets = [[Stuart Binny]] (6)
| player_of_ODI_series = [[Ambati Rayudu]] (Ind)
| no_of_twenty20s = 2
| team1_twenty20s_won = 1
| team2_twenty20s_won = 1
| team1_twenty20s_most_runs = [[Chamu Chibhabha]] (90)
| team2_twenty20s_most_runs = [[Robin Uthappa]] (81)
| team1_twenty20s_most_wickets = [[Graeme Cremer]] (4) and [[Chris Mpofu]] (4)
| team2_twenty20s_most_wickets = [[Axar Patel]] (4)
| player_of_twenty20_series = [[Chamu Chibhabha]] (Zim)
}}

The [[India national cricket team|Indian cricket team]] toured [[Zimbabwe]] from 10 to 19 July 2015.<ref name="Tour">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/866083.html |title=Zimbabwe confirm tours from India and New Zealand |access-date=25 April 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref><ref name="dates">{{cite web |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/243620-india-to-tour-zimbabwe-for-three-odis-and-two-t20s-in-july |title=India to Tour Zimbabwe for Three ODIs and Two T20s in July |access-date=10 June 2015 |work=NDTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610175623/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/243620-india-to-tour-zimbabwe-for-three-odis-and-two-t20s-in-july |archive-date=10 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The tour consisted of three [[One Day International]] matches and two [[Twenty20 International]]s.<ref name="Matches">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/878755.html |title=India build up to World T20 with plenty of matches |access-date=20 May 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref> All the matches were played in [[Harare]].<ref name="Harare">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/885829.html |title=India to tour Zimbabwe in July |access-date=10 June 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref> India won the ODI series 3–0 and the T20I series was drawn 1–1. Zimbabwe's win in the second T20I match was their first Twenty20 win over India.<ref name="FirstZim">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/900575.html |title=Chibhabha, Cremer set up maiden T20 win over India |access-date=19 July 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

In June [[Zimbabwe Cricket]] stated that the tour could be postponed to the next year, if broadcasting issues were not resolved.<ref name="Broadcast">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/889861.html |title=India's Zimbabwe tour yet to be finalised |access-date=21 June 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref> Sources close to the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) suggested that the tour would go ahead with India fielding a second-strength side,<ref name="BCCI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/891023.html |title=India likely to go ahead with Zimbabwe tour |access-date=24 June 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref> with the selection committee meeting in [[Delhi]] on 29 June to pick the squads.<ref name="selection">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/891827.html |title=BCCI confirms selection meeting for Zimbabwe tour |access-date=27 June 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref> Indian team director [[Ravi Shastri]] missed the tour due to professional commitments that were agreed before the BCCI extended his contract.<ref name="Shastri">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/892171.html |title=Shastri to skip Zimbabwe series |access-date=28 June 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref> The Indian squad was announced on 29 June as planned.<ref name="IndiaSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/892263.html |title=Rahane to lead second-string side in Zimbabwe |access-date=29 June 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; margin:auto"
|-
!colspan=2|ODIs
!colspan=2|T20Is
|-
! {{cr|ZIM}}<ref name="ZimSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/squad/895673.html |title=Zimbabwe Squad |access-date=9 July 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>
! {{cr|IND}}<ref name="IndiaSquad" />
! {{cr|ZIM}}<ref name="ZimSquad" />
! {{cr|IND}}<ref name="IndiaSquad" />
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Elton Chigumbura]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Chamu Chibhabha]]
* [[Graeme Cremer]]
* [[Craig Ervine]]
* [[Luke Jongwe]]
* [[Roy Kaia]]
* [[Tafadzwa Kamungozi]]
* [[Neville Madziva]]
* [[Hamilton Masakadza]]
* [[Chris Mpofu]]
* [[Richmond Mutumbami]]
* [[Tinashe Panyangara]]
* [[Sikandar Raza]]
* [[Vusi Sibanda]]
* [[Donald Tiripano]]
* [[Prosper Utseya]]
* [[Brian Vitori]]
* [[Malcolm Waller]]
* [[Sean Williams (cricketer)|Sean Williams]]
|
* [[Ajinkya Rahane]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Stuart Binny]]
* [[Kedar Jadhav]]
* [[Dhawal Kulkarni]]
* [[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]]
* [[Manish Pandey]]
* [[Axar Patel]]
* <s>[[Ambati Rayudu]]</s>
* [[Sanju Samson]]
* <s>[[Karn Sharma]]</s><ref name="KarnSharma"/>
* [[Mohit Sharma]]
* [[Sandeep Sharma]]
* [[Harbhajan Singh]]
* [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]]
* [[Robin Uthappa]]
* [[Murali Vijay]]
|
* [[Elton Chigumbura]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Chamu Chibhabha]]
* [[Graeme Cremer]]
* [[Craig Ervine]]
* [[Luke Jongwe]]
* [[Roy Kaia]]
* [[Tafadzwa Kamungozi]]
* [[Neville Madziva]]
* [[Hamilton Masakadza]]
* [[Chris Mpofu]]
* [[Richmond Mutumbami]]
* [[Taurai Muzarabani]]
* [[Tinashe Panyangara]]
* [[Sikandar Raza]]
* [[Vusi Sibanda]]
* [[Donald Tiripano]]
* [[Prosper Utseya]]
* [[Brian Vitori]]
* [[Malcolm Waller]]
* [[Sean Williams (cricketer)|Sean Williams]]
|
* [[Ajinkya Rahane]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Stuart Binny]]
* [[Kedar Jadhav]]
* [[Dhawal Kulkarni]]
* [[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]]
* [[Manish Pandey]]
* [[Axar Patel]]
* <s>[[Ambati Rayudu]]</s>
* [[Sanju Samson]]
* <s>[[Karn Sharma]]</s><ref name="KarnSharma"/>
* [[Mohit Sharma]]
* [[Sandeep Sharma]]
* [[Harbhajan Singh]]
* [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]]
* [[Robin Uthappa]]
* [[Murali Vijay]]
|}

On 6 July Indian bowler [[Karn Sharma]] was ruled out of the tour after fracturing a finger in his left hand. There was no replacement for him. This left the Indian team with only two spin options of [[Harbhajan Singh]] and [[Axar Patel]].<ref name="KarnSharma">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/894545.html |title=Karn Sharma ruled out of Zimbabwe tour |access-date=6 July 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref> Indian batsman [[Ambati Rayudu]] was ruled out of the tour after the second ODI due to a quadricep injury. He was replaced by [[Sanju Samson]].<ref name="Rayudu">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/898091.html |title=Rayudu out of Zimbabwe series; Samson called in |access-date=13 July 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>

==ODI series==
{{hatnote|All times are in [[South African Standard Time|Zimbabwean Standard Time]] ([[UTC+02:00]])}}

===1st ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 10 July 2015
| time = 09:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|ZIM}}
| score1 = 255/6 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Ambati Rayudu]] 124[[Not out|*]] (133)
| wickets1 = [[Chamu Chibhabha]] 2/25 (10 overs)
| score2 = 251/7 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Elton Chigumbura]] 104[[Not out|*]] (101)
| wickets2 = [[Axar Patel]] 2/41 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 4 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/885959.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Harare Sports Club]], [[Harare]]
| umpires = [[Simon Fry]] (Aus) and [[Russell Tiffin]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Ambati Rayudu]] (Ind)
| toss = Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Ajinkya Rahane]] (Ind) captained India for the [[List of India national cricket captains#One Day International captains|first time in ODIs]].<ref name="6thwicket">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/896417.html |title=Rayudu ton gives India last-ball thriller |access-date=10 July 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>
* [[Ambati Rayudu]] and [[Stuart Binny]]'s partnership of 160 was the highest sixth-wicket partnership for India in ODIs.<ref name="6thwicket">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/896417.html |title=Rayudu ton gives India last-ball thriller |access-date=10 July 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>
}}

===2nd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 12 July 2015
| time = 09:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|ZIM}}
| score1 = 271/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Murali Vijay]] 72 (95)
| wickets1 = [[Neville Madziva]] 4/49 (10 overs)
| score2 = 209 (49 overs)
| runs2 = [[Chamu Chibhabha]] 72 (100)
| wickets2 = [[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]] 4/33 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 62 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/885965.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Harare Sports Club]], [[Harare]]
| umpires = [[Simon Fry]] (Aus) and [[Jeremiah Matibiri]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Murali Vijay]] (Ind)
| toss = Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===3rd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 14 July 2015
| time = 09:00
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|ZIM}}
| score1 = 276/5 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Kedar Jadhav]] 105[[not out|*]] (87)
| wickets1 = [[Neville Madziva]] 2/59 (9 overs)
| score2 = 193 (42.4 overs)
| runs2 =[[Chamu Chibhabha]] 82(109)
| wickets2 =[[Stuart Binny]] 3/55 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 83 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/885967.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Harare Sports Club]], [[Harare]]
| umpires = [[Simon Fry]] (Aus) and [[Jeremiah Matibiri]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Kedar Jadhav]] (Ind)
| toss = Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Manish Pandey]] (Ind) made his ODI debut.
* [[Kedar Jadhav]] (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/11349/report/885967/zimbabwe-vs-india-3rd-odi-india-tour-of-zimbabwe-2015 |title=Jadhav, Pandey set up 3-0 India sweep |access-date=14 July 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>
}}

==T20I series==

{{hatnote|All times are in [[South African Standard Time|Zimbabwean Standard Time]] ([[UTC+02:00]])}}

===1st T20I===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 17 July 2015
| time = 13:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|ZIM}}
| score1 = 178/5 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Robin Uthappa]] 39[[not out|*]] (35)
| wickets1 = [[Christopher Mpofu]] 3/33 (4 overs)
| score2 = 124/7 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Hamilton Masakadza]] 28 (24)
| wickets2 = [[Axar Patel]] 3/17 (4 overs)
| result = India won by 54 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/885969.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Harare Sports Club]], [[Harare]]
| umpires = [[Jeremiah Matibiri]] (Zim) and [[Russell Tiffin]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Axar Patel]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Ajinkya Rahane]] (Ind) captained India for the [[List of India national cricket captains#Twenty20 International captains|first time in T20Is]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/11349/report/885969/zimbabwe-vs-india-1st-t20i-india-tour-of-zimbabwe-2015 |title=India top order, spinners muzzle Zimbabwe |access-date=17 July 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>
* [[Stuart Binny]], [[Kedar Jadhav]], [[Manish Pandey]], [[Axar Patel]] & [[Sandeep Sharma]] (Ind) and [[Neville Madziva]] & [[Taurai Muzarabani]] (Zim) made their T20I debuts.
}}

===2nd T20I===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 19 July 2015
| time = 13:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ZIM}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 145/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Chamu Chibhabha]] 67 (51)
| wickets1 = [[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]] 2/26 (4 overs)
| score2 = 135/9 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Robin Uthappa]] 42 (25)
| wickets2 = [[Graeme Cremer]] 3/18 (4 overs)
| result = Zimbabwe won by 10 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/885971.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Harare Sports Club]], [[Harare]]
| umpires = [[Langton Rusere]] (Zim) and [[Russell Tiffin]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Chamu Chibhabha]] (Zim)
| toss = Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Sanju Samson]] (Ind) made his T20I debut.
* [[Sikandar Raza]] stood as captain for Zimbabwe for this match as [[Elton Chigumbura]] was injured.<ref name="Raza">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/900575.html |title=Chibhabha, Cremer set up maiden T20 win over India |access-date=19 July 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
* This was Zimbabwe's first win in a T20I at the [[Harare Sports Club]] in ten attempts.<ref name="Ten">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/900751.html |title=Zimbabwe's first T20I win in Harare |access-date=19 July 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/series/885951.html Series home at ESPNCricinfo]

{{International cricket tours of Zimbabwe}}
{{International cricket in 2015}}

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[[Category:2015 in Zimbabwean cricket]]
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