Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Rahane collects the trophy and is joined by his team-mates. That is that from the ODI series. Do tune in for the two-match T20 series. Until then, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off.

Ajinkya Rahane, India captain: The partnership between Manish and Jadhav was crucial for us. I am very happy for the boys. They were hungry and up for the series. Rayudu got his hundred in the first game, Vijay in the second and Kedar here. The bowlers chipped in as well. Rayudu will be okay and will be back in action. He has been doing well for us and is our crucial member of the team.

Elton Chigumbura, Zimbabwe captain: It is disappointing again, especially with the bat. Other than the first game, we have failed with the bat. It is frustrating and we need to make use of situations and start winning games. We have to play our best cricket and be positive in the T20s.

Ambati Rayudu is the Man of the Series.

Kedar Jadhav, Man of the Match: It is a great feeling and I just want to thank my family. Ajinkya and the support staff have been backing me. The wicket was seaming a bit and I took my time to settle.

Presentation:

4:30pm: Chibhabha played some percentage strokes and built the chase with his second successive fifty before his wicket sparked a collapse. The hosts tumbled to 179 for 9 and eventually 193 all out from 160 for 4; the Indian bowlers sharing the spoils. Harbhajan flighted the ball generously while Binny got it to wobble around. The win, India's biggest of the series, though, was set up by Jadhav's maiden ODI century.

Sarthak Agarwal: "First series win in 2015 for India. Binny and Rayudu were big takeaways from the series."'

Avi: "Muthu, how do you rate Rahane's captaincy during the series?" -- For the record, Rahane is only the third debut Indian captain after Kapil Dev and Gautam Gambhir to have led their teams to bilateral ODI series whitewashes.

42.4
W
Patel to Madziva, OUT, The square-leg umpires raises his finger. India sweep the series 3-0! Axar gives this loads of air outside off, Madziva flits down the track, goes for a big swing and does not connect. Uthappa does the rest, making no mistake

N Madziva st †Uthappa b Patel 3 (15m 9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

42.3
0
Patel to Madziva, no run, tossed up, steps out and defends it quietly
42.2
1
Patel to Tiripano, 1 run, full on off, down the track and driven to long-off
42.1
4
Patel to Tiripano, FOUR, Tiripano brings out a reverse-sweep and sends it from off to the third man boundary

END OF OVER:
42 | 3 Runs | ZIM: 188/9 (89 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 4.47, RRR: 11.12)

  • Neville Madziva3 (7b)
  • Donald Tiripano8 (11b)
  • Mohit Sharma7-0-33-2
  • Axar Patel6-0-34-1
41.6
0
Sharma to Madziva, no run, pokes and misses another length ball outside off
41.5
0
Sharma to Madziva, no run, fullish and on off, Madziva gets forward and defends it to mid-on
41.4
0
Sharma to Madziva, no run, good length and jags away just outside off, beats the outside edge. Uthappa can't take it cleanly
41.3
0
Sharma to Madziva, no run, bouncer on the leg stump again, Madziva sinks under it
41.2
1
Sharma to Tiripano, 1 run, pitched up and on off, he manages an inside edge onto the pad, dribbles to off, adjacent to the pitch and hare across for one
41.2
1w
Sharma to Tiripano, 1 wide, bouncer on the leg stump, ducked under. Too high and wided
41.1
1
Sharma to Madziva, 1 run, back-of-the-hand slower ball on off, dropped in front of the covers

END OF OVER:
41 | 5 Runs | ZIM: 185/9 (92 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 4.51, RRR: 10.22)

  • Donald Tiripano7 (10b)
  • Neville Madziva2 (2b)
  • Axar Patel6-0-34-1
  • Mohit Sharma6-0-30-2
40.6
0
Patel to Tiripano, no run, tossed up and drifts in, blocked back to the bowler
40.5
1
Patel to Madziva, 1 run, full and on off, skips out and drives it to mid-off

At home away from home

5

Instances of Nos. 5 & 6 both making 70+ scores in an ODI for India - all 5 instances have been outside India

Success right away

71

Runs scored by Manish Pandey in this game, the 2nd-highest score by an Indian debutant in an away ODI