- By Sunny Daud
- Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:20 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bat against Zimbabwe in the third T20I, which is taking place at Harare Sports Club, Harare. India are featuring with two changes as Prince Yadav is out, and Ashok comes in; Shivam Dube makes way for Suryansh.
India have already won the series and will now look to whitewash the series, and on the other hand, Zimbabwe will look to end the series on a high note.
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Captains at toss
Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe captain: We wanted to bat first as well. The team lacks slightly more runs from the captain. Hopefully myself and the team have a good outing. Forced change this morning, Richard Ngarava has a niggle so Wellington Masakadza is playing.
Shreyas Iyer | India captain: We're going to bat first considering that we are playing on the same wicket and anticipating for it to get slower and slower. [Happy with the way this pitch played yesterday?] Certainly, we got 220 on the board and we got a phenomenal start the way boys played. It's just, you know, coming today in the morning and reflecting back on those performances give me thrills and obviously want to replicate the same performance again. [On the approach from Indian batters] It's going to be important for us to adapt as quickly as possible. Can't guarantee how the wicket is going to play. Is it going to be similar to yesterday or not? But as quickly we adapt, the better for us, and then we'll try to put a great score on the board. [On the team composition] We've got two changes. Prince is out, so Ashok Sharma comes in for him. And Shivam Dube is out, Suryansh comes in.
India vs Zimbabwe playing XI
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Brian Bennett, Ben Curran, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Ryan Burl, Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani(w), Brad Evans, Newman Nyamhuri, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani.
India (Playing XI): Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Mayank Yadav, Ashok Sharma
