Chigumbura is the man of the match and he says he dedicates the award for his 50 to his wife whose birthday is TODAY aewa toti amkorokoto kumhuri yaChigumbura. Baba vachisimudza chikwata amai vachipemberera zuva rekuzvagwa.

Well, Zimbabwe make it two out of two. Remeber they beat India here last year in the same fomart to share the series 1-1. It was a maginificent last over fromMadziva and he deservingly has been named the stylish plyer fo the day. India needed eight off the last over but he made sure they were not able to reach the set score.

19.6 India need a boundary and Madziva does it, forces a win as MS Dhoni gets a single off the last ZIMBABWE WIN BY TWO RUNS

19.3 India require six from three deliveries,

19.2 WICKET: Patel caught Masakadza off a Madziva delivery 18 off 9 India 164-6. Indai need seven from 4 and it looks we are in for a treat here. A real nail bitting finish and will Madziva ensure Zimbabwe's victory?

19.0 Madziva to bowl the last over. India 163/5 (19.0/20 ov) India require another 8 runs with 5 wickets and 6 balls remaining

 17.2 WICKET Pandey out for 48 off 35 caught at deep extra cover by Tiripano off Muzarabani India 143/5

1607: 47' GOAL Tawanda Munyanduri puts ZPC Kariba ahead with a low whot into the bottom right corner beating Chang Marion in goal for the hsts. ZPC Kariba 1, Tsholotsho 0.

A quite fair and livel croed at Harare Sports Club now. Almost or adround 1500 here for the game

And of course this is the first time in this tour that MS Dhoni is making his way onto the park to bat. Zimbabwe have managed to give India a fight here today. If this was the kind of cricket we had witnessed from the beging of the series. The last time Dhoni batted he scored 23 off his last over and that was in the IPL

12.2 WICKET Jadhav 19 off 13 (1x4, 1x6) b Muzarabani India 90-4

1546: 45' HALF TIME at Nyamhunga ZPC Kariba 0, Tsholotsho 0; Bulawayo City 0, Harare City 0'

10.0 India 69-3. . . 102 runs required from 60 balls

1532: 32' PENALTY Manondo fells Nkulungo inside the box no hesitation from the ref. Bulawayo City's Xolisani Moyo steps up but his effort is punched back into plat by tafadzwa Dube and from the rebound Moyo blasts over. Bulawayo City 0, Harare City 0.

 In Monaco, Zimbabwe Sevens Rugby Side, the Cheetahs, are in mixed fortunes after beating Tonga 21-14. Ear;ier they lost to Ireland - a  match in which the odds were totally for them.

** ZERO (0) = NUMBER of times India had lost a wicket off their first ball of the innings in T20Is, before this match. KL Rahul was out a first-ball duck making his T20I debut.

 7.3 WICKET:  Singh 31 off 27  c Mutombodzi b Chibhabha.The man who was dropped when he was still on 7 has finally gone after adding 24 more runs. Just at the same position and the same stroke. Mutombodzi gets it right this time  Indai 53/3

5.5 WICKET Rayudu is clean bowled by Chibhabha for 19 runs after facing 16 deliveries. All his runscoming off boundaries as he has four fours. India 44-2

1500: Kick off Bulawyo City v Harare City 0-0

1450:Bulawayo City: Chirava, Lewis Ncube, Brighton Dube, Brian Chikwenya, Zibusiso Sibanda, Innocent  Kutsanzira, Xolani Moyo, Sipho Ndlovu, Eddie Nkhulungo, Mkhululi Moyo, Mkhokeli Dube.

Harare City: Tafadzwa Dube, Jimmy Tigere, Arnold Chivheya, Diro Nyenye, Crispen Dickson, Tendai Samanja, Willam Manondo, Ronald Citiyo, Martin Vengesai, Honey Chimutimunzeve, Francesco  Zikumbawire.

Moses "Bambo" Chunga is in Bulawayo for i=his second assignment incharge of Harare City as they take on Bulawayo City. His second game on the road as well and early this week after beating Ngezi Platinum in Mhondoro he declared he has no away fixture. He is at home in all games; will he prove this today? We wait and see

3.4 DROPPED Not sure how A Mandep Singh sitter like that could be dropped by Muzarabani, this was a great chance for Zimbabwe to send shivers into the Indian chassers

In Monaco at the Olympic Sevens Qualifer play-off, Ireland are the bottom seeded team in Group A where Zimbabwe are the second seeds, Samoa top seeds while Tonga are third seeds. However, all those statistics have counted to naught because Ireland have beaten both Zimbabwe and Samoa. Zimbabwe face Tonga soon and will round up thier group games with a date against Samoa.

That is the kind of a start any bowler would dream to have and Tiripano makes his presence felt here. AS his name suggests when translated  to English "WE ARE HERE"

WICKET 0.1 Tiripano upsets Rahul (0) with the first ball of the India Innings. India 0-1. Rayadu in

Donald Tiripano opens the bowling for Zimbabwe. Malcom Waller comes in as the wicket keeper. He has kept wicket before so maybe that is why they have gone for him in place of injured Mutumbami.

Zimbabwe have set thier highest score in this tour so far.  Agood 170-6 after Eltion Chigumbura breathed life into the Chevrons aith an unbeaten 54. The fourh wicket partnership of Waller and Raza stabilised things for Zimbabwe and set up a good platform with a 47-run partnership. The opening parnership of Chuibhabha and Masakadza lasted 33 runs.

Zimbabwe end this on 170/6 after their alloted 20 overs.

This becomes Chigumburas third T20i 50, his fastest as well

19.5 A six brings up Chigumbura's half cantury (54 off 25 with one four and seven sixes)

19.2 a beautiful SIX from Chugumbura once again. He is on 49 off 24 with six sixes. Trying to justify why he said he still has more years to go in international cricket.

18.5 Chigumbura SIX and that brings up Zimbabwe's 150. Zim 155/6

17.1 WICKET: Cremer c Dhawan b Bumrah 4. Zimbabwe 130-6

16.2 Zimbabwe 122-5 and theChevrons have just gone past thier worst score in this series. Chigumbura 22 off 14 with three sixes Cremer and four off four 

WICKET: 15.1 Mutombodzi (3 off eight) caught Darwan off Patel at long off Zimbabwe 111-6

Lawrence Moyo "ZImbabwe have reached that collapse zone"

13.1 WICKET Raza 20 off 18. run out in a misunderstanding with Mutombodzi on strike Zimbabwe 98-4

12.4 WICKET Waller bowled by Chahal 30 off 21 (4x4). Just when the partnership of Raza and Waller was breating life into Zimbabwe. Waller gives in off a googly Zimbabwe 97/3

 Hong Kong, Chile, Russia, Germany, Canada and Samoa have all won their opening games. Tipped to come out victors over Ireland as they are ranked higher, Zimbabwe just could not cope with the Irish.

Life is not going on well for the ZImbabwe Sevens Rugby side in their quest for glory in the Olympic Qualifier Play-off in Monaco. They have lost to Ireland 12-24. This is a tournament one would neet to win al their games if they are to make it. Only one of the 16 teams at the competition willmake it for Rio 2016 Games. And from the look of things now, Zimbabwe would need to do more.

Raza is in and gets straight off the mark with a single. The biggest probem now is figuring out who will keep the wicket when they come in to field. Most likely PJ Moore will come in as a sub

 Unfortunate instance for ZImbabwe bacaise Mutumbami has RETIRED HURT.

7.0 WICKET Chibhabha ( 20 off 19) has been bowled Darwan:  Zimbabwe 50-2

In trying to promote a high scoring game, the boundaries at Harare Spoerts Club have been reduced.

5.2 Richmond Mutumbami is on the ground. He has been hit by the ball in the ribs and is getting medical attantion. Hopefully he willnot be outdue to this injury. Unadkat delivery.

4.3 WICKET First wicket down off Bumrah. Masakadza caught behind by Dhoni with 25 runs (with three sixes) off 15 deliveries Zimbabwe 33-1

3.0 Hamilton Masakadza is having fun on the part here, quite a number of boundaries including a couple of consecitive maximum Zimbabwe are 26-3

Five players to make their T20I debut today for India. KL Rahul, Mandeep Singh, Chahal, Rishi Dhawan, Unadkat receive their maiden T20I cap

India have won the toss and elected to field, Zimbabwe captain Cremer feels a 160-170 is possibel while India captain MS Dhoni believes a 150-160 is realistic

Hamilton Masakadza and Chamunorwa Chibhabha opening for Zimbabwe. INdia have opened with the seamers and Zimbabwe are in for a steady start.

Welcome to Harare Sports Club for the first of the three T20 games between hosts Zimbabwe and India. Very much confidet are the Indians given that they have just completed a 3-0 series whitewash over the Chevrons. But we should also not forget that Zimbabwe's won the last T20 game between the two sides.