INDIA TOUR OF ZIMBABWE, 2016

KL Rahul slams hundred on debut as India wallop Zimbabwe

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The unbeaten 162-run stand between Rahul and Rayudu helped India register a comprehensive nine-wicket win.
The unbeaten 162-run stand between Rahul and Rayudu helped India register a comprehensive nine-wicket win. © Cricbuzz

An unbeaten century on debut from KL Rahul and a fifty from Ambati Rayudu after Jasprit Bumrah's four-for gave India a winning start in the three-match series against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on Saturday (June 11).

The hosts struggled as a batting unit, failed to forge partnerships and paid the the price for it as India ensured they never let their opposition into the game. The modest chase was completed in 42.3 overs as India recorded a nine-wicket win in a rather one-sided affair.

In Karun Nair and KL Rahul, India fielded two debutant openers for the first time since 1976. On what turned out to be a bit of a two-paced wicket, Nair's indecisiveness cost him his wicket as his attempted cut was way off the mark. The ball travelled off the toe-end of the bat and was pouched by Sikandar Raza off Tendai Chatara. The wicket came early but turned out to be the only one of the innings as Rayudu and Rahul built an impregnable stand. The low total gave the batsmen the opportunity to take their time and settle in before laying the platform for a successful chase.

They looked a little out-of-sorts against the pace generated by Chatara and Taurai Muzarabani early on, but that was a brief phase that they successfully got over to march on. Graeme Cremer tried as many as seven bowlers, including himself, but there was no avenue for a much-needed breakthrough.

Two measured half-centuries followed, blunting the hosts' efforts, even as the fans in the stands, swelling in number since the hosts began to bowl, cheered loudly. With two runs to get, Rahul tonked the first six of the match, over long on, to complete his century and finish off the chase in style.

Earlier, on a chilly morning, MS Dhoni had invited the hosts to bat first, giving his bowlers the first chance to test and understand the behaviour of the kookaburra ball. Barinder Sran, the left-arm pacer, troubled the Zimbabwean openers with deliveries that swung back in sharply and was unfortunate not to see Chamu Chibhabha's back off his first delivery as umpire Russell Tiffin turned down his appeal. Five balls later, Sran accounted for Peter Moor's wicket in his first over. The 25-year-old opener was slow to react to a full ball that nipped in and struck him on the pads in line.

On the eve of the fixture, Makhaya Ntini, the interim coach of the side, had indicated that his boys had watched India's non-regular players in the Indian Premier League and were prepared for them, but the turn of events on the match day suggested otherwise. After being grilled by the Indian pace duo of Sran and Dhawal Kulkarni, Zimbabwe found in Hamilton Masakadza a batsman who could help his side get a move on. The former skipper pulled Sran in front of square to bring up the first boundary of the innings in the eighth over. Kulkarni, however, got Masakadza to nick a superb length delivery that shaped away a touch from the right-hander.

The Zimbabwean batsmen were found wanting against Bumrah's unorthodox bowling action and a few extra yards of pace. The fast bowler got one delivery to zip off the surface and angled it in to Chamu Chibhabha, breaching his defence to uproot the off-stump. At 47 for 3 in the 14th over, Zimbabwe were in desperate need of a partnership to halt their downward slide. Craig Ervine's cautious approach got the ball rolling in that direction but Vusi Sibanda's lack of temperament in a tough situation gave India another breakthrough.

Having struggled to connect bat with ball on most occasions in his 21-ball stay, Sibanda's eyes lit up when Bumrah offered width. The batsman went for an expansive cut but ended up edging it to Dhoni behind the stumps. The fall of wicket brought about another lull in the scoring, one that consumed Ervine. Having added just eight runs in 20 deliveries with Sikandar Raza, Ervine took on Axar Patel but his decision to take the aerial route didn't pay off as Faiz Fazal, the substitute fielder, held on to a catch at wide long on.

A fighting 38-run stand between Raza and Elton Chigumbura helped Zimbabwe crawl past the 100-run mark but the brittle lower-order couldn't quite consolidate and tee off towards the end of the essay. Yuzvendra Chahal, the leg-spinning debutant, bowled excellently through the middle and the later stages of the game. His reward - a maiden ODI wicket in his final over.

Bumrah returned to wrap up the Zimbabwean innings on 168, a total that was easily scaled down by the visitors.

Brief Scores: Zimbabwe 168 in 49.5 overs (Elton Chigumbura 41; Jasprit Bumrah 4-28, Barinder Sran 2-42, Dhawal Kulkarni 2-42) lost to India 173/1 in 42.3 overs (Lokesh Rahul 100*, Ambati Rayudu 62*) by 9 wickets.

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