India complete 3-0 ODI sweep of Zimbabwe with 8-wicket win

India completed a 3-0 clean sweep of Zimbabwe in their 3-match ODI series, winning the final game by 8 wickets at BCA Stadium in Kotambi, Vadodara. The result capped a series in which India had already won the first ODI by 9 wickets after bowling Zimbabwe out for 197.

Zimbabwe chose to bat first in the third ODI after winning the toss, but India’s attack kept the visitors under pressure. Left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma took a career-best maiden 5-wicket haul, finishing with 5/39 in 10 overs; Modester Mupachikwa top-scored for Zimbabwe with 37, with Josephine Nkomo also contributing.

India chased 132, with openers Pratika Rawal and Shafali Verma attacking from the outset. Rawal made an unbeaten 59 off 56 balls and Verma scored 51 off 26 deliveries as India reached 133/2 in 17 overs to secure the series sweep.

India had won the second ODI by 121 runs after posting 328/6, with centuries from Harmanpreet Kaur (126) and Deepti Sharma (106). Zimbabwe finished that match on 207 after 50 overs, while the opening match had ended with India’s 9-wicket victory.