Zim v Ind, 1st ODI: Predicted XI, match preview, venue and timings

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Ravi Kumar Jha
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Indian cricket team will play the first ODI against Zimbabwe on Thursday, 18th August in Harare Sports Club at 12:45 pm. Indian opening batter KL Rahul will lead the team who was declared match fit just before this series. KL Rahul is fully fit to play and will be seeing batting at opening along with his partner named Shikhar Dhawan.

Shikhar Dhawan was earlier named captain for this series before KL Rahul announced match fit. Indian team will be looking to win this series as well after winning ODI series against England, and West Indies. The Indian B team will be seen playing this match against Zimbabwe on 18th.

Predicted India’s playing XI:

KL Rahul (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson (wk), Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Avesh Khan.

Predicted Zimbabwe’s playing XI: 

Tadiwamashe Marumani, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Innocent Kaia, Wessly Madhevere, Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakabva (c & wk), Tony Munyonga, Luke Jongwe, Brad Evans, Victor Nyauchi, Richard Ngarava.

Venue:

Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Timings:

Zimbabwe vs India, 1st ODI will begin on Thursday, 18th August at 12:45 PM (IST).

Ravi kumar jha is an undergraduate student in Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia and Mass Communication. A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication and he also has a genuine interest in sports. Ravi is currently working as a journalist at Sportsdigest.in and can be reached at [email protected].