Zimbabwean cricket team in India in 2001–02

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Zimbabwe's tour of India in 2001-02
 
  India Zimbabwe
Dates 15 February – 19 March 2002
Captains Sourav Ganguly Stuart Carlisle
Test series
Result India won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Sachin Tendulkar (254) Stuart Carlisle (142)
Most wickets Anil Kumble (16) Ray Price (10)
Player of the series Anil Kumble (Ind)
One Day International series
Results India won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Dinesh Mongia (263) Alistair Campbell (251)
Most wickets Harbhajan Singh (10)
Zaheer Khan (10)		 Douglas Hondo (7)
Player of the series Dinesh Mongia (Ind)

The Zimbabwe cricket team toured India from 15 February to 19 March 2002 to play the India cricket team. The tour included two Tests and five One Day Internationals. India won the Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 3–2.

Tour match[edit | edit source]

15–17 February
Scorecard
v
361/3 (97 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 218 (284)
Raymond Price 2/102 (26 overs)
340 (117.3 overs)
Andy Flower 94 (158)
Amit Mishra 6/95 (29.3 overs)
154/1 (42 overs)
Abhijit Kale 90 (127)
Travis Friend 1/39 (11 overs)
  • Indian Board President's XI won the toss and choose to bat.

Test series[edit | edit source]

1st Test[edit | edit source]

21 February 2002 (2002-02-21)
Scorecard
v
287 (103.5 overs)
Stuart Carlisle 77 (204)
Anil Kumble 4/82 (33.5 overs)
570/7d (184.5 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 176 (316)
Ray Price 5/182 (68 overs)
182 (88.4 overs)
Trevor Gripper 60 (211)
Anil Kumble 5/63 (37 overs)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Travis Friend (Zim) was banned from bowling in the India first innings (for beamers).

2nd Test[edit | edit source]

28 February 2002 (2002-02-28)
Scorecard
v
329 (110.5 overs)
Dion Ebrahim 94 (203)
Anil Kumble 3/88 (34 overs)
354 (129.2 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 136 (284)
Heath Streak 4/92 (37.2 overs)
146 (67.3 overs)
Grant Flower 49 (118)
Harbhajan Singh 6/62 (31 overs)
126/6 (45.5 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 42 (52)
Grant Flower 2/22 (6 overs)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Anil Kumble reached 750 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed Dion Ebrahim in the Zimbabwe second innings.

ODI series[edit | edit source]

1st ODI[edit | edit source]

7 March 2002
Scorecard
India 
274/6 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
277/9 (49.4 overs)
VVS Laxman 75 (99)
Heath Streak 2/53 (10 overs)
Alistair Campbell 84 (113)
Zaheer Khan 4/47 (10 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 1 wicket
Mayur Stadium, Faridabad
Umpires: Subroto Porel (Ind) and Ivaturi Shivram (Ind)
Player of the match: Douglas Marillier (Zim)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Douglas Marillier (Zim) recorded the first half-century by a number 10 batsman, and the quickest for Zimbabwe in ODIs, in terms of balls faced (21).[1]

2nd ODI[edit | edit source]

10 March 2002 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
319/6 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
255 (43.3 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 86 (83)
Gary Brent 2/60 (9 overs)
Travis Friend 63 (59)
Dinesh Mongia 3/31 (6 overs)
India won by 64 runs
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Aloke Bhattacharjee (Ind) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.

3rd ODI[edit | edit source]

13 March 2002
Scorecard
India 
191 (48.3 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
197/4 (44.2 overs)
Mohammad Kaif 56 (78)
Douglas Hondo 4/37 (8.3 overs)
Alistair Campbell 71 (119)
Ajit Agarkar 2/28 (10 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Umpires: Vijay Chopra (Ind) and Devendra Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Douglas Hondo (Zim)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Alistair Campbell passed 5,000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 60.

4th ODI[edit | edit source]

16 March 2002 (D/N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
240/8 (50 overs)
v
 India
244/5 (48.1 overs)
Andrew Flower 89 (107)
Ajit Agarkar 4/32 (10 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 80* (60)
Travis Friend 2/42 (8.1 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Satish Gupta (Ind) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Murali Kartik (Ind) made his debut in ODIs.
  • Grant Flower (Zim) passed 1,000 runs against India in ODIs.[2]

5th ODI[edit | edit source]

19 March
Scorecard
India 
333/6 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
232 (42.1 overs)
Dinesh Mongia 159* (147)
Douglas Hondo 2/56 (10 overs)
Grant Flower 48 (47)
Harbhajan Singh 4/33 (9.1 overs)
India won by 101 runs
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (Ind) and K. G. Lakshminarayan (Ind)
Player of the match: Dinesh Mongia (Ind)
  • India won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Zaheer Khan (Ind) claimed his 50th wicket in ODIs.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Shah, Mohammad Ramis (24 April 2002). "Marillier hits into record books". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Menon, Mohandas (16 March 2002). "4th ODI highlights from Hyderabad". Rediff.com. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "4th ODI highlights from Hyderabad". Rediff.com. 19 March 2002. Retrieved 25 October 2025.

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