India wins 1st T20 in Harare – new, promising faces of Indian cricket emerge

#INDvsZIM #AxarPatel #AjinkyaRahane #Zimbabwe #HarbhajanSingh After the brilliant whitewash in ODI meted out to Zimbabwe at Harare, India has shown its mettle in T20 as well by beating the hosts by 54 runs as reported in zeenews.india.com dated 18 July 2015.

This Zimbabwe series has thrown up many exciting new talents and the emergence of such players mean a lot for India where the players are gradually aging and there is a need to inject new fresh blood.
In this T20 match, India won the toss, opted to bat first and put up an impressive score of 178 for 5 and, with an asking rate of around 9 runs per over from the word go, it was a tough ask for Zimbabwe.
Captain Ajinkya Rahane (33), Murali Vijay (34) and Robin Uthappa (39 not out) helped the visiting side to post 178 for 5 after electing to bat and the Zimbabweans conceded 25 runs as extras to boost the Indian total.
Young 21-year-old Axar Patel with 3 for 17 was the pick of the bowlers – this left-arm spinner was one of five Indians who made T20 International debut today. Experienced Harbhajan Singh with 2 for 39 gave him able support and Zimbabwe batting order slumped to 124/7 while chasing the target and India the match.
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