Related Link : India’s Tour of Zimbabwe 2005/06
Venue : Harare Sports Club, Harare
Toss : India won the toss, elected to field
Ground Umpires : Aleem Dar and Daryl Harper
Match Result : India won by 10 wickets
Man Of the Match : Irfan Pathan
Man Of the Series : Irfan Pathan
Zimbabwe 1st Innings
Brendan Taylor c Dravid b Irfan Pathan 4 (3) 1 ‘4s’
Terence Duffin c Laxman b Irfan Pathan 12 (30) 2 ‘4s’
Dion Ebrahim c Karthik b Zaheer Khan 14 (32)
Tatenda Taibu (C&WK) c Karthik b Irfan Pathan 0 (2)
Hamilton Masakadza lbw b Irfan Pathan 27 (70) 5 ‘4s’
Heath Streak c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 14 (42) 1 ‘4s’
Charles Coventry c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 37 (32) 5 ‘4s’
Andy Blignaut c Karthik b Irfan Pathan 13 (27) 1 ‘4s’
Keith Dabengwa c Laxman b Irfan Pathan 18 (20) 3 ‘4s’
Blessing Mahwire lbw b Irfan Pathan 1 (3)
Waddington Mwayenga not out 14 (7) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Extras: 7 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total: 161 all out (Overs: 44.1)
Fall of Wickets : 1-4 (Taylor, 0.3 ovs), 2-31 (10.2 ovs), 3-31 (Taibu, 10.4 ovs), 4-31 (Ebrahim, 11.3 ovs), 5-75 (Streak, 27.3 ovs), 6-79 (Masakadza, 30.5 ovs), 7-122 (Blignaut, 38.4 ovs), 8-136 (Coventry, 42.1 ovs), 9-139 (Mahwire, 42.1 ovs), 10-161 (Dabengwa, 44.1 ovs)
India Bowling
Irfan Pathan 15.2-4-59-7 (1w)
Zaheer Khan 7-1-24-1
Sourav Ganguly 4-2-10-0 (2nb)
Anil Kumble 7-1-19-0
Harbhajan Singh 11-3-45-2
India 1st Innings
Gautam Gambhir c Taibu b Blessing Mahwire 97 (121) 17 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Taibu b Heath Streak 44 (44) 7 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid b Blessing Mahwire 98 (237) 14 ‘4s’
VVS Laxman lbw b Heath Streak 8 (20) 2 ‘4s’
Sourav Ganguly (C) c Taibu b Waddington Mwayenga 16 (50) 2 ‘4s’
Yuvraj Singh b Heath Streak 25 (70) 3 ‘4s’
Dinesh Karthik (WK) b Heath Streak 1 (11)
Irfan Pathan c Coventry b Heath Streak 32 (45) 7 ‘4s’
Anil Kumble c Ebrahim b Heath Streak 8 (24) 2 ‘4s’
Harbhajan Singh not out 13 (22) 2 ‘4s’
Zaheer Khan c Taibu b Andy Blignaut 3 (9)
Extras: 21 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 8 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 11)
Total: 366 all out (Overs: 107.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-75 (Sehwag, 12.1 ovs), 2-198 (Gambhir, 45.3 ovs), 3-219 (Laxman, 52.2 ovs), 4-245 (Ganguly, 67.3 ovs), 5-306 (Yuvraj, 88.5 ovs), 6-306 (Dravid, 89.1 ovs), 7-318 (Karthik, 92.3 ovs), 8-342 (Kumble, 100.3 ovs), 9-361 (Pathan, 104.6 ovs), 10-366 (Zaheer, 107.3 ovs)
Zimbabwe Bowling
Heath Streak 32-10-73-6
Blessing Mahwire 26-5-86-2
Andy Blignaut 19.3-1-80-1 (2nb)
Waddington Mwayenga 21-6-79-1 (4nb)
Keith Dabengwa 9-1-35-0
Zimbabwe 2nd Innings
Brendan Taylor lbw b Irfan Pathan 4 (17)
Terence Duffin c Dravid b Irfan Pathan 10 (13) 2 ‘4s’
Dion Ebrahim c Yuvraj b Zaheer Khan 3 (15)
Hamilton Masakdza lbw b Irfan Pathan 71 (127) 8 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Tatenda Taibu (C&WK) c Kumble b Zaheer Khan 1 (7)
Heath Streak c Laxman b Zaheer Khan 8 (18)
Charles Coventry c Ganguly b Irfan Pathan 25 (24) 5 ‘4s’
Andy Blignaut not out 84 (93) 8 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Keith Dabengwa c Karthik b Irfan Pathan 0 (3)
Blessing Mahwire not out 0 (1)
Waddington Mwayenga lbw b Zaheer Khan 1 (10)
Extras: 16 (Wides: 2 No Balls: 3 Byes: 5 Leg Byes:6)
Total: 223 all out (Overs: 55.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-13 (Duffin, 4.2 ovs), 2-18 (Taylor, 6.4 ovs), 3-18 (Ebrahim, 7.5 ovs), 4-21 (Taibu, 9.4 ovs), 5-42 (Streak, 17.4 ovs), 6-85 (Coventry, 24.6 ovs), 7-201 (Masakadza, 49.2 ovs), 8-201 (Dabengwa, 49.5 ovs), 9-202 (Mahwire, 50.5 ovs), 10-223 (Mwayenga, 54.6 ovs)
India Bowling
Irfan Pathan 19-3-67-5 (1w)
Zaheer Khan 19-4-58-4 (1w 2nb)
Harbhajan Singh 5-0-27-0
Anil Kumble 11-3-52-0 (1nb)
Sourav Ganguly 1-0-8-0
India 2nd Innings (Target : 19)
Gautam Gambhir not out 1 (3)
Virender Sehwag not out 14 (11) 3 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid
VVS Laxman
Sourav Ganguly (C)
Yuvraj Singh
Dinesh Karthik (WK)
Irfan Pathan
Anil Kumble
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Extras: 4 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 0 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 0)
Total: 19/0 (Overs: 2.2)
Fall of Wickets :
Zimbabwe Bowling
Any Blignaut 1.2-0-6-0
Blessing Mahwire 1-0-9-0
Zimbabwe: Brendan Taylor, Terrence Duffin, Hamilton Masakadza, Dion Ebrahim, Tatenda Taibu (Captain and Wicket Keeper), Heath Streak, Charles Coventry, Andy Blignaut, Keith Dabengwa, Waddington Mwayenga (On Test Match Debut), Blessing Mahwire
India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid (Vice-Captain), Sourav Ganguly (Captain), VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Karthik (Wicket Keeper), Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh