June 11, 2010 7:37 PM

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Cricket: India to take on Zimbabwe in first T20 encounter tomorrow

India will face Zimbabwe in the first Twenty 20 International Cricket match at Harare tomorrow. The key to India's success is batting and the line-up is desperately missing the heavyweights, who were rested from the series. Dinesh Karthik and M Vijay are not exactly the ideal opening pair for Twenty 20s as both the batsmen are known to take their time in settling down at the crease before attempting strokes. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Raina himself are the men in form and would look to continue their run in the two Twenty 20s. On the bowling front, the Indian spin attack would be bolstered by the arrival of Piyush Chawla as Amit Mishra and Pragyan Ojha have not made a mark so far on the tour. The pace department is not too impressive either with the Ashok Dindas and Umesh Yadavs conceding too many runs for too few wickets. Zimbabwe, on the other hand, are high on morale despite the tri-series final loss to Sri Lanka. The team has shown the stomach for a fight and they would be looking to continue just that. Their batsmen showed decent form in the ODIs and would be looking to be slightly more aggressive in the shortest format of the game.

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