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Zimbabwean national cricket team toured India in 2000-01 season. The tour lasted from 8 November to 14 December and included series of 2 Tests and 5 One Day Internationals. India won the Test series by 1-0 and ODIs series by 4-1.[1]
| Zimbabwe's tour of India in 2000-01 | |||
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| India | Zimbabwe | ||
| Dates | 8 November 2000 – 14 December 2000 | ||
| Captains | Sourav Ganguly | Heath Streak | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Rahul Dravid (432) | Andy Flower (540) | |
| Most wickets | Javagal Srinath (12) | Heath Streak (3) | |
| Player of the series | Andy Flower | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
| Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (287) | Alistair Campbell (179) | |
| Most wickets | Ajit Agarkar (10) | Brian Murphy (6) | |
| Player of the series | Sourav Ganguly | ||
Tour matches
editThree-day: National Cricket Academy XI v Zimbabwe XI
edit8–10 Nov 2000
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- Zimbabwe XI won the toss and elected to field.
Three-day: Indian Board President's XI v Zimbabwe XI
edit13–15 Nov 2000
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- Indian Board President's XI won the toss and elected to bat.
Test series
edit1st Test
edit18 November 2000
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat
- Vijay Dahiya made his debut in Test matches
2nd Test
edit25 November 2000
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- India won the toss and decided to bat
- Sarandeep Singh made his debut in Test matches
ODI series
edit1st ODI
edit 2 December 2000
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Reetinder Sodhi (Ind) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI
edit3rd ODI
edit 8 December 2000
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- It was the first ODI played at this venue.[2]
- Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) broke Desmond Haynes' (Win) record for most centuries scored on home soil. He also became the first to score 1,000 runs against Zimbabwe in ODIs.[2]
- Zaheer Khan scored 25 runs in the 50th over of India's innings, the most by an India player in an over of an ODI.[2]
- Andy Flower and Grant Flower's partnership of 158 runs was Zimbabwe's highest for the fourth wicket in an ODI.[2]
- Ajit Agarkar (Ind) picked his 100th wicket in ODIs.[2]
- Zimbabwe's total of 284 was their highest against India in ODIs.[2]
- Zimbabwe's win margin of one wicket was their narrowest in ODIs.[2]
4th ODI
edit5th ODI
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Amiesh Saheba (Ind) officiated for the first time in ODIs as an umpire.[3]
- This was Rahul Dravid's first match as India captain.[4]
- Ajit Agarkar beat the record held by Kapil Dev for the fastest fifty by an India player in ODIs (21 balls).[3][5]
- This was the last time an ODI match was played during day time with white coloured clothing and with a red ball.
References
edit- ^ "Zimbabwe tour of India". Cricinfo.
- ^ a b c d e f g Gupta, Rajneesh (12 December 2000). "3rd ODI, India v Zimbabwe, Statistical Highlights | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ a b Gupta, Rajneesh (17 December 2000). "5th ODI, India v Zimbabwe, Statistical Highlights". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Mittra, Sakyasen (13 December 2000). "Bengal players rush to Ganguly's defence". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "India ride to victory on Agarkar's late blitz". ESPNcricinfo. 14 December 2000. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
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