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{{short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2016
| team1_image = Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
| team1_name = Zimbabwe
| team2_image = Flag of India.svg
| team2_name = India
| from_date = 11 June
| to_date = 22 June 2016
| team1_captain = [[Graeme Cremer]]
| team2_captain = [[MS Dhoni]]
| no_of_ODIs = 3
| team1_ODIs_won = 0
| team2_ODIs_won = 3
| team1_ODIs_most_runs = [[Vusi Sibanda]] (96)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs = [[K. L. Rahul]] (196)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets = [[Sikandar Raza]] (1)<br>[[Tendai Chatara]] (1)<br>[[Chamu Chibhabha]] (1)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets = [[Jasprit Bumrah]] (9)
| player_of_ODI_series = [[K. L. Rahul]] (Ind)
| no_of_twenty20s = 3
| team1_twenty20s_won = 1
| team2_twenty20s_won = 2
| team1_twenty20s_most_runs = [[Elton Chigumbura]] (78)
| team2_twenty20s_most_runs = [[Mandeep Singh]] (87)
| team1_twenty20s_most_wickets = [[Donald Tiripano]] (3)
| team2_twenty20s_most_wickets = [[Barinder Sran]] (6)
| player_of_twenty20_series = [[Barinder Sran]] (Ind)
}}
The [[India national cricket team|Indian cricket team]] toured Zimbabwe from 11 June to 22 June 2016 playing three [[One Day International]]s (ODIs) and three [[Twenty20 International]]s (T20Is).<ref name="Fixtures">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/india-cricket-schedule-2016-fixtures-dates-timings-all-matches-men-blue-new-year-661514 |title=India Cricket Schedule 2016: Fixtures and dates of all matches for Men in Blue in New Year |access-date=3 January 2016 |work=International Business Times}}</ref><ref name="cricinfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2016/content/story/1007667.html |title=Zimbabwe to host India for three ODIs and three T20s |access-date=4 May 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref name="CricketSchedule">{{cite web |url=http://cricketschedule.com/india-vs-zimbabwe/ |title=India Tour of Zimbabwe in 2016 |access-date=4 May 2016 |work=CricketSchedule.com}}</ref> Two weeks prior to the series, Zimbabwe Cricket sacked Hamilton Masakadza as captain and replaced him with Graeme Cremer.<ref name="Hamilton">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/1022209.html |title=Zimbabwe sack Masakadza, Whatmore |access-date=1 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

Makhaya Ntini, interim coach of the Zimbabwe side, was critical of India's inexperienced squad selected for the series saying "if you send us a team that is not your strongest team, we're going to put them under the carpet".<ref name="Ntini">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2016/content/story/1025219.html |title=Ntini hits out at second-string teams going on Zimbabwe tours |access-date=11 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> India went on to win the ODI series 3–0, losing the fewest wickets for a team during a three-match series.<ref name="3rdODI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2016/content/story/1026611.html |title=Bumrah dismantles Zimbabwe for 123, Fazal's unbeaten fifty seals chase |access-date=15 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> India also won the T20I series, two matches to one.

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; margin:auto"
|-
!colspan=2|ODIs
!colspan=2|T20Is
|-
! {{cr|ZIM}}<ref name="ZimODI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2016/content/story/1022799.html |title=Panyangara out of India series with back injury |access-date=3 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
! {{cr|IND}}<ref name="IndSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2016/content/story/1018583.html |title=India pick Faiz Fazal for Zimbabwe tour |access-date=23 May 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
! {{cr|ZIM}}<ref name="ZimT20I">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2016/content/story/1026965.html |title=Injured Williams, Ervine out of India T20Is |access-date=16 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
! {{cr|IND}}<ref name="IndSquad"/>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Graeme Cremer]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Richmond Mutumbami]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Tendai Chatara]]
* [[Chamu Chibhabha]]
* [[Elton Chigumbura]]
* [[Tendai Chisoro]]
* [[Craig Ervine]]
* [[Neville Madziva]]
* [[Malcolm Waller]]<ref name="3rdODI"/>
* [[Timycen Maruma]]
* [[Hamilton Masakadza]]
* [[Wellington Masakadza]]
* [[Peter Moor]]
* [[Tawanda Mupariwa]]
* [[Taurai Muzarabani]]
* [[Sikandar Raza]]
* [[Vusi Sibanda]]
* [[Donald Tiripano]]
* [[Sean Williams (cricketer)|Sean Williams]]
|
* [[MS Dhoni]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]], [[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Jasprit Bumrah]]
* [[Yuzvendra Chahal]]
* [[Rishi Dhawan]]
* [[Faiz Fazal]]
* [[Kedar Jadhav]]
* [[Dhawal Kulkarni]]
* [[Karun Nair]]
* [[Manish Pandey]]
* [[Axar Patel]]
* [[K. L. Rahul]]
* [[Ambati Rayudu]]
* [[Mandeep Singh]]
* [[Barinder Sran]]
* [[Jaydev Unadkat]]
* [[Jayant Yadav]]
|
* [[Graeme Cremer]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Richmond Mutumbami]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Sikandar Raza]]
* [[Brian Chari]]
* [[Tendai Chatara]]
* [[Chamu Chibhabha]]
* [[Elton Chigumbura]]
* [[Neville Madziva]]
* [[Timycen Maruma]]
* [[Hamilton Masakadza]]
* [[Wellington Masakadza]]
* [[Peter Moor]]
* [[Tapiwa Mufudza]]
* [[Tinotenda Mutombodzi]]
* [[Taurai Muzarabani]]
* [[Vusi Sibanda]]
* [[Donald Tiripano]]
* [[Malcolm Waller]]
|
* [[MS Dhoni]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]], [[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Jasprit Bumrah]]
* [[Yuzvendra Chahal]]
* [[Rishi Dhawan]]
* [[Faiz Fazal]]
* [[Kedar Jadhav]]
* [[Dhawal Kulkarni]]
* [[Karun Nair]]
* [[Manish Pandey]]
* [[Axar Patel]]
* [[K. L. Rahul]]
* [[Ambati Rayudu]]
* [[Mandeep Singh]]
* [[Barinder Sran]]
* [[Jaydev Unadkat]]
* [[Jayant Yadav]]
|}

==ODI series==

===1st ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 11 June 2016
| time = 09:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ZIM}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 168 (49.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Elton Chigumbura]] 41 (65)
| wickets1 = [[Jasprit Bumrah]] 4/28 (9.5 overs)
| score2 = 173/1 (42.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[K. L. Rahul]] 100[[not out|*]] (115)
| wickets2 = [[Tendai Chatara]] 1/20 (7 overs)
| result = India won by 9 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1007649.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Harare Sports Club]], [[Harare]]
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (Eng) and [[Russell Tiffin]] (Zim)
| motm = [[K. L. Rahul]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Yuzvendra Chahal]], [[Karun Nair]] and [[K. L. Rahul]] (Ind) all made their ODI debuts.
* [[K. L. Rahul]] became the 11th player to [[List of centuries scored on One Day International cricket debut|score a century on debut]] in an ODI and the first for India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Hundred on debut|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/233754.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=11 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Rahul">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2016/content/story/1025293.html |title=Rahul, Bumrah lead India to nine-wicket win |access-date=11 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
* [[Elton Chigumbura]] (Zim) played in his [[List of cricketers who have played 200 ODIs|200th ODI]], of which 197 have been for Zimbabwe and three for [[List of African XI ODI cricketers|Africa XI]].<ref name="Chigumbura">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2016/content/story/1025509.html |title=Debutant openers for India for the first time in 40 years |access-date=11 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
}}

===2nd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 13 June 2016
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ZIM}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 126 (34.3 overs)
| runs1 = [[Vusi Sibanda]] 53 (69)
| wickets1 = [[Yuzvendra Chahal]] 3/25 (6 overs)
| score2 = 129/2 (26.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ambati Rayudu]] 41 (44)
| wickets2 = [[Sikandar Raza]] 1/7 (1.5 overs)
| result = India won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1007651.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Harare Sports Club]], [[Harare]]
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (Eng) and [[Langton Rusere]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Yuzvendra Chahal]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===3rd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 15 June 2016
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ZIM}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 123 (42.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Vusi Sibanda]] 38 (71)
| wickets1 = [[Jasprit Bumrah]] 4/22 (10 overs)
| score2 = 126/0 (21.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[K. L. Rahul]] 63[[not out|*]] (70)
| wickets2 =
| result = India won by 10 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1007653.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Harare Sports Club]], [[Harare]]
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (Eng) and [[Jeremiah Matibiri]] (Zim)
| motm = [[K. L. Rahul]] (Ind)
| toss = Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Faiz Fazal]] (Ind) made his ODI debut.
* [[MS Dhoni]] (Ind) took his 350th dismissal in an ODI.<ref name="3rdODI"/>
}}

==T20I series==

===1st T20I===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 18 June 2016
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ZIM}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 170/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Elton Chigumbura]] 55[[not out|*]] (26)
| wickets1 = [[Jasprit Bumrah]] 2/25 (4 overs)
| score2 = 168/6 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Manish Pandey]] 48 (35)
| wickets2 = [[Chamu Chibhabha]] 2/13 (2 overs)
| result = Zimbabwe won by 2 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1007655.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Harare Sports Club]], [[Harare]]
| umpires = [[Jeremiah Matibiri]] (Zim) and [[Russell Tiffin]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Elton Chigumbura]] (Zim)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Yuzvendra Chahal]], [[Rishi Dhawan]], [[K. L. Rahul]], [[Mandeep Singh]] and [[Jaydev Unadkat]] (Ind) all made their T20I debuts.
* Zimbabwe's total of 170 is their highest in T20Is against India.<ref name="1stT20I">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2016/content/story/1027503.html |title=Chigumbura's blitz, Rahul's golden duck on T20I debut |access-date=18 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
* [[K. L. Rahul]] became the first player for India to be dismissed off the first ball of their innings in a T20I match.<ref name="1stT20I"/>
}}

===2nd T20I===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 20 June 2016
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ZIM}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 99/9 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Peter Moor]] 31 (32)
| wickets1 = [[Barinder Sran]] 4/10 (4 overs)
| score2 = 103/0 (13.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mandeep Singh]] 52[[not out|*]] (40)
| wickets2 =
| result = India won by 10 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1007657.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Harare Sports Club]], [[Harare]]
| umpires = [[Langton Rusere]] (Zim) and [[Russell Tiffin]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Barinder Sran]] (Ind)
| toss = Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Dhawal Kulkarni]] and [[Barinder Sran]] (Ind) both made their T20I debuts.
* This was India's first 10-wicket win in a T20I.<ref name="2ndT20I">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2016/content/story/1027819.html |title=Sran and Bumrah wreck Zimbabwe as India level series |access-date=20 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
* [[Barinder Sran]] (Ind) took the second-best figures for a bowler on debut in a T20I.<ref name="Sran">{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;debut_or_last=1;filter=advanced;orderby=wickets;template=results;type=bowling |title= Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records |access-date=21 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
}}

===3rd T20I===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 22 June 2016
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|ZIM}}
| score1 = 138/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Kedar Jadhav]] 58 (42)
| wickets1 = [[Donald Tiripano]] 3/20 (4 overs)
| score2 = 135/6 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Vusi Sibanda]] 28 (23)
| wickets2 = [[Dhawal Kulkarni]] 2/23 (4 overs)
| result = India won by 3 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1007659.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Harare Sports Club]], [[Harare]]
| umpires = [[Jeremiah Matibiri]] (Zim) and [[Russell Tiffin]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Kedar Jadhav]] (Ind)
| toss = Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[MS Dhoni]] (Ind) stood in his 324th international match as captain, equaling the record held by [[Ricky Ponting]] (Aus).<ref name="3rdT20I">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2016/content/story/1028529.html |title=Dhoni equals Ponting's all-time captaincy record |access-date=22 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
*[[Hamilton Masakadza]] became the first player for Zimbabwe to play in 50 T20I matches.<ref name="3rdT20I"/>
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2016/content/series/1007647.html Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]

{{International cricket tours of Zimbabwe}}
{{International cricket in 2016}}

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Muskit Gergous at 15:51, 4 December 2023