India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20I 2026 live score, toss winner, winning probability, result and highlights from Harare

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KEY MATCH DETAILS: (India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20I)

• Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
• Captains: Shreyas Iyer (India), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe)
• Toss result: India won (Field first)
• Live Telecast: Unite8 Sports Network, Fancode App/website (India), Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) TV (Zimbabwe), Hotstar UK (UK, England)
• Umpires and Match officials: Iknow Chabi, Percival Sizara (on-field umpires), Langton Rusere (third umpire), Forster Mutizwa (fourth umpire), Andy Pycroft (match referee)
• Match result: TBD
• Player of the Match: TBD

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India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20I live match Scorecard

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India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20I 2026 Live Score Updates

Hello everyone, and welcome to the live blog for the India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20I 2026 at Harare Sports Club in Harare, Zimbabwe.

• Zimbabwe are in trouble! First ball from Mayank and Bennett is out after getting a thin outside edge.
• Zimbabwe lose their second as Prince joins the party. Curran mistimes his hsot and Sooryavanshi does the rest at mid-wicket. 

Toss result: 

India won the toss and opted to field first. 

Pre-match:

Seven winless games and two back-to-back T20I series defeats later, T20 World Cup champions India make the trip to Zimbabwe for a three-match series. 

India are yet to win a game under the new T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer while there’s plenty of questioning surrounding both the batting and bowling setups.

The spotlight will remain on 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who is expected to open the batting in this series in the absence of Sanju Samson.

Meanwhile, Zimbabwe won’t be a pushover this time around. They boast a strong fast bowling attack led by Richard Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani, while talisman all-rounder Sikandar Raza will do the heavy lifting with both the bat and his off-spin.

Can Zimbabwe inflict a third-consecutive T20I series defeat for the Men in Blue?

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India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20I: Win Probability

The latest win probability for this match is below, or you can check out the latest match momentum with our Manhattan graphic here.

Zimbabwe vs India 1st T20I Lineups

Zimbabwe XI: Brian Bennett, Ben Curran, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (c), Ryan Burl, Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanshe Marumani (wk), Brad Evans, Newman Nyamhuri, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani

India XI: Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Ashok Sharma

India vs Zimbabwe T20I 2026 series schedule

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