– Advertisement –<\/span> Harare \u2014 Opening batters Shubman Gill and Shikhar Dhawan starred as India cruised to a 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe on Thursday in the first of three One-Day Internationals.<\/p>\n Gill (82) and vice-captain Dhawan (81) were unbeaten as the tourists knocked off a modest target of 190 with 19.1 overs to spare at Harare Sports Club.<\/p>\n The home side were all out for 189 in 40.3 overs, thanks largely to a brave 70-run ninth-wicket stand between Richard Ngarava and Brad Evans.<\/p>\n \u201cI am enjoying batting with young Shubman and today I feel like a youngster too,\u201d said Dhawan.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce I was set, I went after the bowlers. I wanted to rotate the strike as well and then accelerate.<\/p>\n \u201cMy rhythm with Gill has settled nicely. The way he bats and times the ball is lovely to watch. He has shown the consistency in converting 50s into bigger 50s.<\/p>\n \u201cOur bowlers did well and it was nice to see Deepak Chahar come back from injury and pick up three wickets.\u201d<\/p>\n Zimbabwe captain Regis Chakabva said: \u201cIndia bowled really well and put pressure on us. I thought we started well but lost our way from the 18-over mark.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was good to see Richie and Brad give a good partnership at the back end. They were quite good, but we needed one or two more big partnerships.<\/p>\n \u201cOur bowlers tried to come hard at them but Shikhar and Gill batted really well and took us out of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n Zimbabwe used eight bowlers, but none could claim a wicket as the Indian openers struck a six and 19 fours between them.<\/p>\n Ngarava fared worst with the ball, conceding 40 runs in seven overs, while Luke Jongwe restricted the Indian openers to 11 runs in his two-over stint.<\/p>\n India, third in the ODI rankings and 10 places above Zimbabwe, travelled to southern Africa without several stars, including Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who are resting.<\/p>\n Head coach Rahul Dravid also took a break after matches in England and the Caribbean with VVS Laxman taking charge.<\/p>\n In trouble at 83\/6 after being put in to bat by India, the home side rallied with Ngarava scoring 34 and Evans unbeaten on 33.<\/p>\n Ngarava faced 42 deliveries and smashed a six and three fours before being clean bowled by Prasidh Krishna.<\/p>\n Evans also struck a six and three fours, off 29 balls, as Zimbabwe sought in vain to extend a run of nine victories in 11 matches since Dave Houghton became coach in June.<\/p>\n Former batting star Houghton inherited a team demoralised after 3-0 ODI and T20 International whitewashes by Afghanistan and led Zimbabwe to series triumphs over Bangladesh in both white-ball formats.<\/p>\n The other Zimbabwe batsman to impress was Chakabva, whose 35 runs included four fours.<\/p>\n Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar and Krishna shared the Indian bowling honours with three wickets each.<\/p>\n Although Krishna was the most expensive, conceding 50 runs, he claimed the prized wicket of Zimbabwe middle-order star Sikandar Raza.<\/p>\n Pakistan-born Raza, who scored unbeaten centuries in two of his three ODI innings against Bangladesh, had scored just 12 when he was caught by Dhawan in the slips.<\/p>\n AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" – Advertisement – Harare \u2014 Opening batters Shubman Gill and Shikhar Dhawan starred as India cruised to a 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe on Thursday in the first of three One-Day Internationals. 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