| India innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SB Bangar | c Carlisle b Streak | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PA Patel† | c †Taibu b Streak | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| VVS Laxman | c Friend b Hondo | 131 | 203 | 138 | 13 | 1 | 94.92 | |
| SC Ganguly* | c Ebrahim b Blignaut | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| R Dravid | c Blignaut b Price | 56 | 95 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 77.77 | |
| RS Gavaskar | c Blignaut b Hondo | 54 | 78 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 87.09 | |
| HK Badani | b Streak | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 166.66 | |
| AB Agarkar | not out | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| IK Pathan | not out | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 8, nb 4) | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 50 overs; 213 mins) | 280 | (5.60 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat M Kartik, L Balaji |
| Fall of wickets1-0 (Bangar, 0.4 ov), 2-3 (Patel, 2.4 ov), 3-4 (Ganguly, 3.4 ov), 4-137 (Dravid, 27.1 ov), 5-255 (Gavaskar, 46.4 ov), 6-261 (Badani, 47.2 ov), 7-271 (Laxman, 48.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| HH Streak | 10 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 5.30 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| AM Blignaut | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 5.00 | (6w) | ||
| SM Ervine | 6 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 8.00 | (1w) | ||
| DT Hondo | 10 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 5.90 | (3nb) | ||
| RW Price | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 4.30 | |||
| GW Flower | 9 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 5.33 |
| Zimbabwe innings (target: 281 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| V Sibanda | c & b Balaji | 12 | 51 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| GW Flower | c †Patel b Agarkar | 10 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| TJ Friend | c Laxman b Agarkar | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SV Carlisle | c Kartik b Agarkar | 109 | 181 | 128 | 9 | 0 | 85.15 | |
| SM Ervine | run out (Ganguly) | 100 | 148 | 100 | 9 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| AM Blignaut | c Laxman b Bangar | 12 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.30 | |
| HH Streak* | not out | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| DD Ebrahim | not out | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 200.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 12, w 12) | 27 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs; 224 mins) | 277 | (5.54 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat T Taibu†, RW Price, DT Hondo |
| Fall of wickets1-14 (Flower, 4.6 ov), 2-25 (Friend, 6.3 ov), 3-46 (Sibanda, 11.4 ov), 4-248 (Ervine, 45.6 ov), 5-261 (Carlisle, 47.6 ov), 6-274 (Blignaut, 49.3 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AB Agarkar | 10 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 3.90 | (6w) | ||
| IK Pathan | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 4.70 | (3w) | ||
| L Balaji | 10 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 5.20 | (1w) | ||
| SB Bangar | 8 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 5.25 | (1w) | ||
| M Kartik | 7 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 7.00 | |||
| SC Ganguly | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6.60 | (1w) |
| Match details |
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Toss India, who chose to bat Points India 5, Zimbabwe 1 |
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Player of the match
VVS Laxman (India) |
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Umpires
DJ Harper and RE Koertzen (South Africa) TV umpire SJ Davis Match referee CH Lloyd (West Indies) |
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Jan 24, 2004 India celebrate after pulling off yet another close win against Zimbabwe © AFP |
Jan 24, 2004 A flag flutters at half mast above the Bradman stands as the sun finally set on Zimbabwe © AFP |
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