India’s national cricket team will go to Zimbabwe in next June, 2016 where they are invited for an home tournament, arranged by Zimbabwe. The tournament will be consisting of three ODI and a Test match.
According to the current ICC ranking, India is 2nd in position in Test and 3rd in position in ODI in point table. If we look to their last five test matches, they won four of them where three against South Africa and one against Sri Lanka and rest one was drawn against South Africa.
On the other hand, Zimbabwe is standing on 10th position in Test and 12th position in ODI as stated by ICC current ranking. In their last five test matches, they lost four of them and won rest one.
So, in their next tournament against India, they should recover their fault and should try to give their best performance in field and then this tournament will be contesting opinion by lots of cricket genius.
Let’s take a look below where their next tournament schedule is given.
India tour to Zimbabwe 2016 Schedule –
| Match Format | Date | Day | Time | Ground |
| 1st ODI |
11 June | Saturday | 07:00 AM GMT | Harare Sports Club |
| 2nd ODI | 13 June | Monday | 07:00 AM GMT | Harare Sports Club |
| 3rd ODI | 15 June | Wednesday | 07:00 AM GMT | Harare Sports Club |
| 1st T20 | 18 June | Saturday | 11:00 AM GMT | Harare Sports Club |
| 2nd T20 | 20 June | Monday | 11:00 AM GMT | Harare Sports Club |
| 3rd T20 | 22 June | Wednesday | 11:00 AM GMT | Harare Sports Club |
# India Vs Zimbabwe (head to head):
| N/N | Test | ODI | T20I |
| Total Played | 11 | 60 | 4 |
| India Won | 7 | 48 | 3 |
| Zimbabwe Won | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Tie | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Drawn | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| No Result | 0 | 0 | 0 |
# Team Squad of Zimbabwe (Possible):
| S/N | Player | Playing Role & Style | Age (Year) | Remarks |
| 1. | Hamilton Masakadza | Right handed batsman | 32 | Captain |
| 2. | Tendai Chisoro | Slow left arm spin | 28 | |
| 3. | John Nyumbu | Right arm off break | 30 | |
| 4. | Tafadzwa Kamungozi | Right arm leg break | 28 | |
| 5. | Prosper Utseya | Right arm off break | 30 | |
| 6. | Taurai Muzarabani | Right arm medium | 28 | |
| 7. | Luke Jongwe | Right arm medium | 21 | |
| 8. | Christopher Mpofu | Right arm medium | 30 | |
| 9. | Tinashe Panyangara | Right arm medium | 30 | |
| 10. | Tendai Chatara | Right arm medium | 25 | |
| 11. | Donald Tiripano | Right arm medium | 28 | |
| 12. | Tawanda Mupariwa | Right arm medium | 30 | |
| 13. | Brian Vitori | Left arm medium | 26 | |
| 14. | Richmond Mutumbami | Wicket – keeper | 26 | |
| 15. | Regis Chakabva | Wicket – keeper | 28 | |
| 16. | Neville Madziva | Right handed & Right arm medium | 24 | |
| 17. | Solomon Mire | Right handed & Right arm medium | 26 | |
| 18. | Elton Chigumbura | Right handed & Right arm medium | 30 | |
| 19. | Sean Williams | Left handed & Slow left arm | 29 | |
| 20. | Mark Vermeulen | Right handed batsman | 37 | |
| 21. | Malcolm Waller | Right handed batsman | 31 | |
| 22. | Stuart Matsikenyeri | Right handed batsman | 32 | |
| 23. | Charles Coventry | Right handed batsman | 33 | |
| 24. | Peter Moor | Right handed batsman | 25 | |
| 25. | Sikandar Raza | Right handed batsman | 29 | |
| 26. | Craig Ervine | Left handed Batsman | 30 | |
| 27. | Tino Mawoyo | Right handed batsman | 30 | |
| 28. | Vusi Sibanda | Right handed batsman | 32 | |
| 29. | Chamu Chibhabha | Right handed batsman | 29 | |
| 30. | Graeme Cremer | Right handed batsman | 29 |
# Management of Indian Cricket Team:
- Head coach: Dav Whatmore
- Batting Coach: Marvan Atapattu
- Bowling Coach: Makhaya Ntini
- Assistant Coach: Wayne James
- Fielding Coach: Vacant
- National Director of Coaching: Andy Waller
- T20 Captain: Hamilton Masakadza
- ODI Captain: Hamilton Masakadza
- Test Captain: Hamilton Masakadza
# Team Squad of India (Possible):
1. Ajinkya Rahane (captain) 2. KL Rahul 3. Yuvraj Singh 4. Manish Pandey 5. Suresh Raina 6. Ravindra Jadeja 7. Robin Uthappa (wicket keeper) 8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 9. Mohammed Shami 10. Amit Mishra 11. Jasprit Bumrah 12. Sandeep Sharma 13. Krunal Pandya, 14. Ambati Rayudu 15. Hardik Pandya
# Management of Indian Cricket Team:
- Head Coach: Vacant
- Assistant Coach: Sanjay Bangar
- Fielding Coach: R Sridhar
- Bowling Coach: Bharat Arun
- Team Director: Ravi Shastri
- T20 Captain: MS Dhoni
- ODI Captain: MS Dhoni
- Test Captain: Virat Kohli
This tournament will be broadcasted by various TV channels. Everyone can also enjoy this tournament through Sportsmaza. Stay with us to get update.
Leave a Reply