: IND vs ZIM, 1st ODI: Dhawan, Gill power India to 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe #IndiaNEWS #Cricket Harare: Deepak Chahars opening burst of 3-27, followed by three-wicket hauls from Axar Patel and

IND vs ZIM, 1st ODI: Dhawan, Gill power India to 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe #IndiaNEWS #Cricket
Harare: Deepak Chahars opening burst of 3-27, followed by three-wicket hauls from Axar Patel and Prasidh Krishna, as well as unbeaten fifties by vice-captain Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill helped India to a resounding ten-wicket victory against Zimbabwe in their ODI series opener at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday.
After Chahar, Patel and Krishnas efforts led to Zimbabwe being bowled out for 189 all out in 40. 3 overs, Gill (82 not out, 410, 61) and Dhawan (81 not out, 49) were unbroken in their opening partnership to chase down the total and help India take 1-0 lead in three-match series.
The win is also Indias third 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in ODIs and also their 13th consecutive triumph over the hosts in 50-over cricket. A major part of the Dhawan-Gill stand was how Dhawan, the early aggressor, took a backseat for some time when Gill found his groove after a watchful beginning in the innings.
Dhawan began the chase of 190 with back-to-back boundaries off Richard Ngarava a tickle through fine leg was followed by slicing over backward point. He and Shubman Gill focused on strike rotation with some lbw shouts in between from the Zimbabwe bowlers.
Dhawan broke the rut of boundaries by cutting past square gully on some width provided by Ngarava. As Gill continued to take time, Dhawan quickly pulled off Sean Williams and also had a life when Brad Evans dropped the catch at square leg.
Gill, now 24 balls without a boundary, got back-to-back boundaries in as many balls off Evans. A cut on a short delivery through square region was followed by an edge through the vacant slip region. He ended the 14th over by punching through cover point, as 16 runs came off it.
Dhawan got his fifty when he punched to long-on and on the very next ball, he lofted inside-out over extra cover to bring up Indias hundred and complete a century of his opening stand with Gill.
Helped by some extras and loose bowling from Zimbabwes bowlers, Dhawan and Gill continued to be undeterred in the chase. Gill then slammed successive fours off Ryan Burl a drive through extra cover was followed by smash through cover-point to reach his third ODI fifty in the last four matches in 52 balls.
Gill shifted his gears seamlessly by hitting a four and a six over the leg-side boundary off Madheveres successive deliveries to bring up Indias 150. Dhawan and Gill knocked off the rest of the needed runs with immaculate ease, with the latters short-arm pull being the standout, as India sealed the game with 115 balls to spare.
Earlier, a fantastic counter-attacking act from Evans (33) and Ngarava (34) sharing a record 70-run stand for the ninth wicket, their highest-ever against India, helped Zimbabwe get close to reaching 200.

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