India Elect to Bat First Against Zimbabwe

Bulawayo: India captain Suresh Raina won the toss and decided to bat against Zimbabwe in the first ODI of the tri-series on Friday.

"We are keen to do well here and hope for the best. The wicket looks nice and the outfield too. We are raring to go," Raina said.

Zimbabwe will miss the service of Tatenda Taibut who is injured.

All three Indian seamers Ashok Dinda, Umesh Yadav and Vinay Kumar make debut while Craig Ervine debatant.

Teams

Zimbabwe: Elton Chigumbura (capt), Hasan Masakadza, Brendan Taylor (wk), Greg Lamb, Craig Ervine, Charles Coventry, Andy Blignaut, Graeme Cremer, Prosper Utseya, Ray Price and Chris Mpofu.

India: Suresh Raina (capt), Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Vinay Kumar, Ashok Dinda and Umesh Yadav.

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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