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Background
India will be looking to complete a clean sweep against Zimbabwe in the third ODI.
The match will be played at the Harare Sports Club, Harare.
India have already won the series by blanking Zimbabwe in the first two games.
In the first ODI, India won by 10 wickets.
The 2nd ODI was a good contest as Zimbabwe gave the Indians a good fight.
KL Rahul opened with Shikhar Dhawan but India lost wickets in quick succession.
Thankfully, Sanju Samson rose to the occasion scoring 43 off 39 deliveries.
Eventually, India chased down the total within 26 overs.
Team News
The key players for India have been Shubman Gill, Shikhar Dhawan, Sanju Samson, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel and Muhammad Siraj.
Shubman Gill was the top scorer for India in the second ODI and looks good to score in the 3rd ODI as well.
Shardul Thakur took 3-38 in the last game and looked in great nick.
India’s batting line-up may remain unchanged. However, captain KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan haven’t stepped up yet and will look to get a few in this match.
Rahul Tripathi and Ruturaj Gaikwad may sit out as the batting slots are full.
India could tinker with the bowling and give a chance to Shahbaz Nadeem.
Meanwhile, nothing is going well for Zimbabwe.
Using Innocent Kaia and Takudzwanashe Kaitano at the top order has been a disaster.
The only silver lining is, the bowling was quite good in the 2nd ODI.
Fast medium bowler Luke Jongwe took 2-33 in the second ODI and looked quite impressive.
He could be the pick of the bowlers yet again.
Left-hander Sean Williams hit a tidy 42 in the 2nd ODI and could be the main batter for Zimbabwe again.
Pitch report
The Harare Sports Club has seen many low-scoring matches.
There are no major demons in the pitch and if a team bats sensibly, they can reach a score of 225+.
The highest recored score at this ground is 350 by Australia in 2014.
Weather report
There is no chance of rain.
Temperature will be around 80 degrees F to 83 degrees F.
Humidity will be at 25 per cent and a wind speed of 7.5 kilometres per hour can aid the seamers.
Toss
India has won the toss both times and chosen to field each time.
The morning conditions help the bowlers and the team winning the toss will bowl first.
The pacers will account for most of the wickets.
Indian Likely 11
KL Rahul (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubaman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson (wk), Deepak Hooda, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav.
Zimbabwe Likely 11
Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Innocent Kaia, Milton Shumba, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakabva (c & wk), Ryan Burl, Luke Jongwe, Brad Evans, Victor Nyauchi, Tanaka Chivanga.
Who will win
India is the clear favourite to win this match.
Shubman Gill is in ominous form and Zimbabwe will have to stop him, in order to make any impact.
KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan will also be itching to get a big score.
Some of the Zimbabwe bowlers like Tanaka Chingawa, Sikander Raza and Brad Evans have troubled the Indian batters.
Middle order batters, Ryan Burl and Sean Williams are also good.
However, India has too much firepower and will win the match easily.
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