Toss India chose to bat vs against Zimbabwe
The visitors made two changes. They brought in fast bowler Ashok Sharma in place of Prince Yadav, who sustained a hamstring niggle in the second T20I. The other change was bringing in allrounder Suryansh Shedge for Shivam Dube.
“Considering we are playing on the same wicket [as the second T20I], we anticipate it to get slower and slower,” Iyer said of his decision to bat first. “We want to replicate the same things we did yesterday.”
India were dethroned from atop the T20I rankings chart after going down 4-0 against England, but two convincing wins in the first two games against Zimbabwe have helped them reclaim the top spot. A loss in the third game, though, will see them slip down to second spot.
Zimbabwe: 1 Brian Bennett, 2 Ben Curran, 3 Dion Myers, 4 Ryan Burl, 5 Sikandar Raza (capt), 6 Wessly Madhevere, 7 Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), 8 Brad Evans, 9 Wellington Masakadza, 10 Newman Nyamhuri, 11 Blessing Muzarabani
India: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 3 Ishan Kishan (wk), 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Suryansh Shedge, 8 Ravi Bishnoi, 9 Ashok Sharma, 10 Yash Thakur, 11 Mayank Yadav
