ZIM vs IND Dream11 prediction 1st ODI Zimbabwe vs India playing 11 Top Picks, Fantasy cricket tips

ZIM vs IND Dream11 Prediction: India‘s final assignment before the elusive Asia Cup late this month is against the minnows Zimbabwe. ZIM vs IND 2022 for a 3 match ODI series starting from August 18 at the Harare Sports Club in Harare.

Harare will be hosting all the three ODIs of this series and India would be the favorites despite being the visitors. Zimbabwe are coming off a brilliant 2-1 series win in the recently concluded 3 match ODI series against Bangladesh, but still they won’t be starting as the favorites. How the two teams will form their eleven in the first game? Let’s check out.

ZIM vs IND Dream11 prediction for Today match

1st ODI, ZIM vs IND

18 August, 12:45 PM IST

Harare Sports Club, Harare

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Last result at the venue: Bangladesh (256/9) defeated Zimbabwe (151/10) by 105 runs.

ZIM vs IND Pitch Report

The wicket at the Harare Sports Club has been tricky to bat as it gets drier and the ball tends to come slow onto the bat. Something similar is expected with bright sunshine the surface might tend to get even more dry.

Form guide

ZIM- LLWWL

IND- LWWWW

Zimbabwe Playing 11

Regular skipper Craig Ervine is still unavailable for this series and Regis Chakabva will continue to lead the side.
Tadiwanashe Marumani and skipper Regis Chakava are expected to open the innings for the hosts.
Innocent Kaia, Wesley Madhevere, Sikandar Raza, and Ryan Burl will form the middle-order for the side.
The likes of Donald Tiripano, Richard Ngarava, and Victor Nayauchi will be the key figures in the bowling unit.

Tadiwanashe Marumani
Regis Chakabva
Innocent Kaia
Wessley Madhevere
Sikandar Raza
Ryan Burl/Takudzwanashe Kaitano
Tony Munyonga/Brad Evans
Luke Jongwe
Victor Nayauchi
Donald Tiripano
Richard Ngarava

Sikandar Raza stats in ODI

All-rounder Sikandar Raza is perhaps in the form of his life. He has been doing really good in white ball cricket and scoring runs at will.

Innings in ODIs	Runs	Average	Last 5 performances
112	3483	37.05	40, 38, 135, 117, 0

Innocent Kaia stats in ODI

The swash buckling opening batsman has terrific records against Afghanistan in this format of the game.

Innings in ODIs	Runs	Batting Average	Last 5 ODI innings
6	245	40.83	12, 6, 54, 12, 2

India Playing 11

KL Rahul will be captaining the side and will open the innings along side Shikhar Dhawan.
Washington Sundar will be missing the series due to injury. Shahbaz Ahmed has been named as his replacement.
Shubman Gill will be batting at no 3.
One between Ishan Kishan or Rahul Tripathi will bat at no 4, Sanju Samson, Deepak Hooda, and Axar Patel will form the rest of the batting order.
Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj will be the key picks among the seamers and Kuldeep Yadav will accompany Axar Patel in the spin department.

Shikhar Dhawan
KL Rahul
Shubman Gil
Ishan Kishan/Rahul Tripathi
Sanju Samson
Deepak Hooda
Axar Patel
Kuldeep Yadav
Deepak Chahar/Prasidh Krishna
Shardul Thakur
Mohammed Siraj

Shikhar Dhawan stats in ODIs

The left hand opener is only playing ODI cricket nowadays and has been doing pretty well. He was the second highest run scored in the recently concluded ODI series against West Indies.

Innings	Runs	Average	vs Zimbabwe
152	6493	45.40	213 runs in 5 innings

Axar Patel stats in ODIs

The all-rounder has excelled in recent times in white ball cricket and has been doing well. He will be a crucial pick in the batting order at no 7 and will be more than handy with his left arm deliveries.

Matches	Runs	Best	Wickets
41	266	64*	47

Fastest 100 for India in each format

Who will win Zimbabwe vs India Today Match?

India have emerged victorious on all the last 5 occasions against Zimbabwe.
India will enter as the firm favorites despite not having their full-strength squad.

Indian captain with most wins