IND vs ZIM 1st T20I: Shreyas Iyer wins toss, elects to bowl first against Zimbabwe

In the first T20I against Zimbabwe Team Indias skipper Shreyas Iyer has won the toss and elected to bowl at the Harare Sports ClubThe Men in Blue will enter the clash on the back of two consecutive series defeats against Ireland and England They will be eager to bounce back and secure a win against Zimbabwe Ashok Sharma will make his T20I debut for Team IndiaAfter winning the toss Team Indias skipper Iyer said We are going to bowl first This is my first time here so I dont know how the wicket is going to play But looking at the practice wickets and the practice wickets on the side there was a decent amount of bounce So definitely thats one of the aspects On if there will be bounce on offer I dont know how its going to play but anticipating itSpeaking about Zimbabwe he said that the hosts batsmen and bowlers execute their plans well which was pleasing to see during the concluded T20 World Cup 2026Absolutely theyve been playing brilliantly for the last couple of years especially at the World Cup the way they played It was pleasing to the eye The batsmen and the bowlers executing their strengths It was amazing On the team composition Were going with three seamers one spinner said the Mumbaiborn cricketerOn the other hand Zimbabwes captain Sikandar Raza said This is not your typical Harare Sports Club wicket I think There will be something in the start but I dont expect it to last too long I think there are a lot of runs on this wicket and hopefully we can put up those runs on the boardLater despite the T20I series loss against Bangladesh Raza said that there were a lot of positives and is also hopeful of middleorder batsmen contributing against Team IndiaA lot of positives to be honest you know And as I said in the pressure as well even though the results didnt go our way but there were a lot of positives especially the way the bowling unit has been holding themselves as well Also in Bulawayo on a slightly slower surface I thought our top three batters did contribute the bulk of the runs as well So hopefully the lower order and the middle order can contribute can try and put up those runs and the bowling unit keep leading the way they are leading And Im pretty sure it will be a very good game after that On the team composition The four seamers and a spinner Nyamhuri comes back making his T20I debut and longawaited but Ben Curran is also making his debut he saidIND vs ZIM 1st T20I Confirmed Playing XIsIndia Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Abhishek Sharma Ishan Kishan WK Shreyas Iyer C Tiak Varma Rinku Singh Shivam Dube Ravi Bishnoi Prince Yadav Ashok Sharma Mayank YadavZimbabwe Briant Bennett Ben Curran Dion Myers Sikandar Raza C Ryan Burl Wesley Madhevere Tadiwanashe Marumani WK Brad Evans Newman Nyamhuri Richard Ngarava Blessing Muzarabani