Zimbabwe vs. India, 1st One-Day International: Highlights, Scorecard, Recap

India edged out Zimbabwe by four runs in a thrilling first one-day international in Harare.

Ambati Rayudu scored a century as the tourists made 255-6 after being put into bat by the Zimmies at the Harare Sports Club.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Rahane	c H Masakadza	b Tiripano	34	80	49	5	0
Vijay	c Sibanda	b Vitori	1	14	9	0	0
Rayudu	not out		124	197	133	12	1
Tiwary	lbw	b Chibhabha	2	14	14	0	0
Uthappa	run out (Raza)		0	5	3	0	0
Jadhav	c Mutumbami	b Chibhabha	5	11	13	1	0
Binny	c Mutumbami	b Tiripano	77	91	76	6	2
A Patel	not out		2	4	3	0	0
Extras		0nb 8w 0b 2lb	10
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Panyangara			9.2	1	53	0
Vitori			9	0	63	1
Tiripano			8.4	1	48	2
Chibhabha			10	2	25	2
Cremer			10	0	47	0
Williams			3	0	17	0

Elton Chigumbura then scored 104 not out for the home side, but they fell short with six needed from Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s final three balls.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Sibanda	c Harbhajan Singh	b Binny	20	51	35	2	1
Chibhabha	c Rahane	b B Kumar	3	18	12	0	0
H Masakadza	c Tiwary	b A Patel	34	66	64	4	0
Chigumbura	not out		104	155	101	8	1
Williams		b A Patel	0	5	2	0	0
Raza	c A Patel	b Harbhajan Singh	37	30	33	5	0
Mutumbami	c Harbhajan Singh	b Binny	7	21	16	1	0
Cremer	c Binny	b Kulkarni	27	55	36	2	0
Tiripano	not out		1	4	1	0	0
Extras		0nb 9w 8b 1lb	18
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
B Kumar			10	1	35	1
Kulkarni			9	0	60	1
Binny			10	0	54	2
Harbhajan Singh			10	0	46	1
A Patel			10	1	41	2
Tiwary			1	0	6	0

An Indian team missing eight members of the squad that lost the recent one-day series in Bangladesh found themselves in real trouble at 87-5.

"

7th time India lose their 5 wkt for less than 100 vs Zimbabwe in ODIs - all came out of India. 4 time in Zim, 1 each in UAE/ENG/SL. #ZIMvIND

— Cricket Record (@cricinfo_record) July 10, 2015"

The top order, missing Test captain Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina and regular ODI captain MS Dhoni, stuttered, with new skipper Ajinkya Rahane (34) the only man of the first five to fall reaching double figures.

However a 160-run partnership between Rayudu and Stuart Binny changed the face of the game.

"

Ambati Rayudu (124) & Stuart Binny (77) aggregate 201 runs (82%) rest of the team 44 runs (18%) #ZimvInd

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 10, 2015"

Rayudu made an unbeaten 124 off 133 balls, his second one-day international century featuring 12 boundaries and a six.

Binny scored his highest ODI score in his 11th match, making 77 at better than a run a ball before falling in the penultimate over.

"

India's previous-best 6th wkt p'ship in ODIs: 158 in Harare, '05 http://t.co/zwqwmUZaSQ. Started from 91 for 5, team finished on 255 for 6

— S Rajesh (@rajeshstats) July 10, 2015"

Zimbabwe lost wickets at regular intervals in their reply, failing to muster a 50-run partnership, as they slipped to 160-6.

"

Raza looks frustrated after pulling a long-hop, straight to deep mid-wicket. First ODI wicket for Harbhajan, since June, 2011 #ZIMvIND

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) July 10, 2015"

However Chigumbura reached his 50 off 65 balls, and Zimbabwe needed 83 off the final 10 overs to record their first one-day international win against a Test nation since they beat Australia last August.

His 86-run partnership with Graeme Cremer left the hosts requiring 10 off the final over as they searched for only their 11th win against India in 58 ODI meetings.

Chigumbura, who brought up his century in a penultimate over that saw Cremer dismissed, scored three off the first two balls and then got the strike back. However, Kumar kept his nerve, and India claimed a hard-fought victory.

"

Bhuvneshwar Kumar wins it for India by defending 10 runs in the Final over #ZIMvIND pic.twitter.com/GonsMzZIHG

— Cricket Tracker (@Cricketracker) July 10, 2015"

The match was the first of three one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches in the space of nine days.