- Vaishnavi five for and Rawal, Shafali 50 power India to a 3-0 win. Zimbabwe fell just 131 behind in Vadodara and India chased the target with eight wickets and 198 deliveries to spare. The three that count: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are all smiling after dismissing Pat Cummins. The three that count: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023. Left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma scored 5 for 39.
- Zimbabwe eventually slipped to 131 all out, a total that India managed to catch up with eight wickets and 33 overs to spare thanks to Shafali Verma’s explosive 51* from 26 balls and Pratika Rawal’s 59* from 56 balls.
- Like the T20Is, India also won the ODI series 3-0.
Vaishnavi five for and Rawal, Shafali 50 power India to a 3-0 win. Zimbabwe fell just 131 behind in Vadodara and India chased the target with eight wickets and 198 deliveries to spare. The three that count: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are all smiling after dismissing Pat Cummins. The three that count: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023. Left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma scored 5 for 39.
Zimbabwe eventually slipped to 131 all out, a total that India managed to catch up with eight wickets and 33 overs to spare thanks to Shafali Verma’s explosive 51* from 26 balls and Pratika Rawal’s 59* from 56 balls. Like the T20Is, India also won the ODI series 3-0. With Zimbabwe restricted to their lowest total in the series, India had plenty of scope to experiment.
Yastika Bhatia – playing in an ODI after two years – opened the innings but was dismissed on the first ball. Harleen Deol also played her first match of the series and batted at number 1. 3, but she only scored a run-a-ball 19.
Shafali was pushed back in the order and batted at number 1. 4 for the first time in his career. India didn’t even need Smriti Mandhana with the bat.
India’s victory was set up early with the ball. Zimbabwe, who had already lost the series, opted to bat but reached 30 for 3 in the first ten overs. New Indian bowlers Kranti Gaud and Sayali Satghare swung the ball and bowled tight lines in and around the off-stump.
They had some luck with their respective wickets but the dot balls had put Zimbabwe under pressure. Alongside Jintimani Kalita and Vaishnavi, the quartet scored 46 runs in Zimbabwe’s ten-over powerplay. Earlier in this phase, Loryn pushed Phiri Bhatia past Satghare for a six-ball duck, while Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano chased a wide ball out and sent it to Shafali.
Zimbabwe were 12 for 2 in three overs and Vaishnavi, brought into the attack in the tenth over, struck immediately. The beloved Biza, not wanting to allow the roulette, advanced along the track with the first ball, but managed to reach the center and grab one of 16 balls. Zimbabwe’s first three wickets fell in search of runs that the Indian bowlers never allowed to flow freely.
However, opening batsman Modester Mupachikwa wanted to fight. She hit Vaishnavi for two boundaries in the 12th over – the first was a free – and drove Kalita for four more in the next over. But the races never came from the other end.
Joséphine Nkomo struggled to hit four of her first 18 balls, forcing Mupachikwa to take risks. She scored a four for Vaishnavi in the middle of the 16th over, but three balls later she was at a loss trying to repeat the trick. Mupachikwa scored 37 from 48 shots, with his seven boundaries and strike rate of 77 standing out.
Nkomo and Chiedza Dhururu took their time for their fifth wicket. Nkomo had a break after a no-ball from Kalita on matchday 11. On the other hand, Dee Sharma had snuck into a 4-1-7-0 set by bowling and throwing the ball upfield.
Seeing that Dee was doing well, India also brought part-time player Shafali into the attack while Vaishnavi continued to tease the batters during her own game by bowling slowly and coming to the line. But it was Vaishnavi’s drop that forced Dhururu to take the lead to provide extra cover on 20 off 39 deliveries. Two overs later, Michelle Mavunga missed a lofted attempt after another jump shot from Vaishnavi.
The 20-year-old spinner had to wait for her fiver, her fifth wicket coming on the very last ball of her tenth. Nyasha Gwanzura missed a sweep attempt at the stumps and Zimbabwe ended up in eighth place. Satghare got Olinder Chare for a duck while Nomvelo Sibanda was dismissed for 3 as Zimbabwe’s innings ended with ten overs remaining.
With a poor defensive total, Sibanda removed Bhatia to start India’s innings. But Rawal and Deol took India to 37 for 1 in five overs with four fours and two sixes. Rawal was the more offensive of the two batters.
She hit and hit Mavunga for four strokes and hit and pulled Sibanda for six strokes. Deol also started quickly – her four-ball throws included sharp strikes, a gentle slide and a firm punch – but was smothered by Phiri’s leg. Rawal and Shafali then added 74 in just 50 balls but Shafali dominated the stands.
Relying on both her timing and strength, she hit five boundaries in her first 13 deliveries. Her three sixes all came after she moved further down the field. The last of these ended the chase and gave him the record for India’s second-fastest ODI fifty.
Zimbabwe fell behind for just 131 in Vadodara and India chased down the target with eight wickets from 198 deliveries to save Vaishnavi. Sharma won her first ODI five for, India vs Zimbabwe, 3rd Women’s ODI, Vadodara, October 28, 2026, overtaken by a mile and Vaishnavi has another one! Beautiful bowling, I have to say. Vaishnavi has the ball on a string and dangles it just outside the ball.
Mupachikwa falls to the ground and makes a loud rustling sound even though he doesn’t touch the surface of the ball. The ball spins enough, passes the striking blade and Yastika does the rest. Zimbabwe four down now!
a slight inside edge and Phiri is left behind. Satghare hardly reacts. The finger sticks up behind the stumps like Bhatia.
The goalkeeper did well to move to the left and come down to take this on. The full delivery comes back but lands just outside the leg. Phiri attempted a shot but missed the shot and went straight to the point.
Gaud joins the party. Shafali comes down to take the jump ball before flashing a bright smile. Chipo shined with this long back throw, but without any foot movement.
Finally, she reaches out and blithely plays “Catch it,” it says, and Kaur adopts that simple take mid-play. Biza’s frustrating stays ends. She tries to attack the first ball, but this shot lacks power and timing.
After jumping on that long ball, she gets a chip as Kaur finishes off a good low catch from Kalita. She ran away from the thin leg border to take this. Another short ball from Gaud and this time she scores.
The ball went just wide and Nkomo tried to shoot but the ball hit the top edge. His patient stay ends when Gaud finishes his second!! Leading edge to extra cover.
Vaishnavi strikes again. She has three now. Dhururu skipped up the field and Vaishnavi dipped that long ball around middle and leg on the shorter side.
Dhururu turned this ball into a length ball as he moved forward and tried to whip but seemed to have juggled it two too early but ultimately caught it. Deol was halfway there and turned left halfway as she ran back. The ball fell on her shoulders and she finally calmly picked it up.
Mavunga started this full toss by diving towards the stumps and ended up missing the right time for the big try that set it off!! Vaishnavi gets her fifth ball with the last ball of her spell. Bhatia, the caretaker, seems more pleased than Vaishnavi.
Bottom edge on the back leg before the ball hits the off-stump. Vaishnavi bows in celebration. She threw it away and left it outside to soak.
Gwanzura wanted to sweep but had less of an advantage. Vaishnavi Sharma wins her first five-over ODI for India against Zimbabwe, 3rd Women’s ODI, Vadodara, October 28, 2026. The stumps are broken and Satghare has her second wicket! Length of the ball in the channel and it goes in sharply. Chare doesn’t move his feet much or cover the movement.
A big G between the club and the face and the ball pops. Zimbabwe nine down! a run out to end the inning, and it’s a fitting end!
Like them, with every collse there is a leak. Sibanda pushes this ball into the cover area. Leaving to be a bachelor, but his partner isn’t that interested.
Sibanda is sent back to the middle and the throw is accurate enough while Yastika does the rest. Zimbabwe rolled over for 131! slashed to point.
Gaud joins the party. Shafali comes down to take the jump ball before flashing a bright smile. Chipo shined with this long back throw, but without any foot movement.
She finally reached out and played a good aerial catch from Kalita. She ran away from the thin leg border to take this. Another short ball from Gaud and this time she scores.
The ball went just wide and Nkomo tried to shoot but the ball hit the top edge. Her patient stay ends when Gaud gives her a slight inside advantage and Phiri falls behind. Satghare hardly reacts.
The finger sticks up behind the stumps like Bhatia. The goalkeeper did well to move to the left and come down to take this on. The full delivery comes back but lands just outside the leg.
Phiri went to film but missed the shot’s broken stumps and Satghare has her second wicket! Length of the ball in the channel and it goes in sharply. Chare doesn’t move his feet much or cover the movement.
A big G between the club and the face and the ball pops. Zimbabwe nine down! Vaishnavi Sharma makes her first fifth ODI for India against Zimbabwe, 3rd Women’s ODI, Vadodara, October 28, 2026. “Catch it,” they say, and Kaur takes this simple catch in the middle.
Biza’s frustrating stays ends. She tries to attack the first ball, but this shot lacks power and timing. After jumping on a ball of this length, she gets a chip, while Kaur pulls off a confusing low catch from a mile away and Vaishnavi has another!
Beautiful bowling, I have to say. Vaishnavi has the ball on a string and dangles it just outside the ball. Mupachikwa falls to the ground and makes a loud rustling sound even though he doesn’t touch the surface of the ball.
The ball spins enough, passes the striking blade and Yastika does the rest. Zimbabwe four down now! Leading edge to extra cover.
Vaishnavi strikes again. She has three now. Dhururu skipped up the field and Vaishnavi dipped that long ball around middle and leg on the shorter side.
Dhururu turned this ball into a length ball as he moved forward and tried to whip but seemed to have juggled it two too early but ultimately caught it. Deol was halfway there and turned left halfway as she ran back. The ball fell on her shoulders and she finally calmly picked it up.
Mavunga started this full toss by diving towards the stumps and ended up missing the right time for the big try that set it off!! Vaishnavi gets her fifth ball with the last ball of her spell. Bhatia, the caretaker, seems more pleased than Vaishnavi.
Bottom edge on the back leg before the ball hits the off-stump. Vaishnavi bows in celebration. She threw it away and left it outside to soak.
Gwanzura went to sweep but got a bottom edge, a slight inside edge, and Phiri was brought back. Satghare hardly reacts. The finger sticks up behind the stumps like Bhatia.
The goalkeeper did well to move to the left and come down to take this on. The full delivery comes back but lands just outside the leg. Phiri attempted a shot but missed the shot and went straight to the point.
Gaud joins the party. Shafali comes down to take the jump ball before flashing a bright smile. Chipo shined with this long back throw, but without any foot movement.
Finally, she reaches out and blithely plays “Catch it,” it says, and Kaur adopts that simple take mid-play. Biza’s frustrating stays ends. She tries to attack the first ball, but this shot lacks power and timing.
After jumping on a ball of this length, she gets a chip, while Kaur pulls off a confusing low catch from a mile away and Vaishnavi has another! Beautiful bowling, I have to say. Vaishnavi has the ball on a string and dangles it just outside the ball.
Mupachikwa falls to the ground and makes a loud rustling sound even though he doesn’t touch the surface of the ball. The ball spins enough, passes the striking blade and Yastika does the rest. Zimbabwe four down now!
Leading edge to extra cover. Vaishnavi strikes again. She has three now.
Dhururu skipped up the field and Vaishnavi dipped that long ball around middle and leg on the shorter side. Dhururu turned this ball into a length ball as he moved forward and tried to whip but seemed to have juggled it two too early but ultimately caught it. Deol was halfway there and turned left halfway as she ran back.
The ball fell on her shoulders and she finally calmly picked it up. Mavunga did this full delivery diving on the stumps and ended up mismissing Kalita’s attempt to take a good catch. She ran away from the thin leg border to take this.
Another short ball from Gaud and this time she scores. The ball went just wide and Nkomo tried to shoot but the ball hit the top edge. His patient stay ends when Gaud gets his second bowling!!
Vaishnavi gets her fifth ball with the last ball of her spell. Bhatia, the caretaker, seems more pleased than Vaishnavi. Bottom edge on the back leg before the ball hits the off-stump.
Vaishnavi bows in celebration. She threw it away and left it outside to soak. Gwanzura wanted to sweep but had less of an advantage. Vaishnavi Sharma wins her first five-over ODI for India against Zimbabwe, 3rd Women’s ODI, Vadodara, October 28, 2026. The stumps are broken and Satghare has her second wicket!
Length of the ball in the channel and it goes in sharply. Chare doesn’t move his feet much or cover the movement. A big G between the club and the face and the ball pops.
Zimbabwe nine down! a run out to end the inning, and it’s a fitting end! Like them, with every collse there is a leak.
Sibanda pushes this ball into the cover area. Leaving to be a bachelor, but his partner isn’t that interested. Sibanda is sent back to the middle and the throw is accurate enough while Yastika does the rest.
Zimbabwe rolled over for 131! Bhatia falls first ball. Oh, she comes back looking so dispointed.
Do her eyes light up when she sees a brief contraction outside? She tried to pull, but the punch came off the top half of the bat and in the middle. She plays her first ODI in two years and falls in love with a golden duck. Was Deol strangled in the leg?!
Looks like she has! One-length back that runs along the leg. He needs to be helped, but Deol barely manages it.
Excellent from Mupachikwa for anticipating it and keeping it low. Sharp catches deep to his left and Deol has to go for a run-a-ball 19! Bhatia falls first ball.
Oh, she comes back looking so dispointed. Do her eyes light up when she sees a brief contraction outside? She tried to pull, but the punch came off the top half of the bat and in the middle.
She plays her first ODI in two years and falls in love with a golden duck. Was Deol strangled in the leg?! Looks like she has! One-length back that runs along the leg.
He needs to be helped, but Deol barely manages it. Excellent from Mupachikwa for anticipating it and keeping it low. Sharp catches deep to his left and Deol has to go for a run-a-ball 19!
Bhatia falls first ball. Oh, she comes back looking so dispointed. Do her eyes light up when she sees a brief contraction outside?
She tried to pull, but the punch came off the top half of the bat and in the middle. She plays her first ODI in two years and falls in love with a golden duck. Was Deol strangled in the leg?! Looks like she has!
One-length back that runs along the leg. He needs to be helped, but Deol barely manages it. Excellent from Mupachikwa for anticipating it and keeping it low.
Sharp catches deep to his left and Deol has to go for a run-a-ball 19! Zimbabwe retired for just 131 in Vadodara and India chased the target with eight wickets and 198 deliveries to spare Vaishnavi Sharma, their first ODI five for, India vs Zimbabwe, 3rd Women’s ODI, Vadodara, October 28, 2026. Yastika Bhatia crosses cover point, England vs India, 1st Women’s T20I, Chelmsford, May 28, 2026 Pratika Rawal reaches her fourth ODI century, India v Zimbabwe, 1st ODI, Vadodara, October 23, 2026 Vaishnavi Sharma talks about the areas she has worked in as a bowler after taking her first fifth for spectators at the start of the season, Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire, Championship, Division Two, Wantage Road, ril 14 2015 The Hagley Oval shot in front of a large crowd, England v Scotland, World Cup 2015, Group A, Christchurch, 23rd February 2015 Manuka Oval, Canberra used floodlights for the first time in a President’s India A, 1st Unofficial Test, Brisbane, Day 1, 6th July 2014 A view of the pitch at Allan Border, Australia A v India A, 1st in January 2013. Unofficial Test, Brisbane, Day 1, 6 July 2014 Manuka Oval, Canberra used floodlights for the first time during a President’s Trophy Division One Final, Karachi, 13th January 2011 View of the National Stadium, HBL v PIA, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division One Final, Karachi, 13th January 2011 View of SuperSport Park from the stands, South Africa v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Centurion, Day 2, 17th November 2007 Spectators watch the action at the start of the season, Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire, Championship, Division 2, Wantage Road, 14th ril 2015 Hagley Oval attracted a large crowd, England v Scotland, World Cup 2015, Group A, Christchurch, 23rd February 2015. A view of the Park SuperSport from the stands, South Africa v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Centurion, 2nd Day, 17th November 2007 A view of Allan Border Field, Australia A v India A, 1st unofficial Test, Brisbane, Day 1, 6th July 2014 A view of the Allan Border Field, Australia A v India A, 1st Unofficial Test, Brisbane, 1st Day, 6th July 2014 A view of the Allan Border Field, Australia A v India A, 1st Unofficial Test, Brisbane, 1st Day, 6th July 2014 A view of the National Stadium, HBL v PIA, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division One Final, Karachi, January 13, 2011 A view of the National Stadium, HBL vs PIA, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division One Final, Karachi, January 13, 2011 A view of the National Stadium, HBL vs PIA, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division One Final, Karachi, January 13, 2011 Zimbabwe collsed for just 131 in Vadodara together and India chased the target with eight wickets and 198 deliveries to save Vaishnavi Sharma, her first ODI five for, India vs Zimbabwe, 3rd Women’s ODI, Vadodara, October 28, 2026 IND-W vs ZIM-W 2026/27, IND-W vs ZIM-W 3rd ODI Match Report, October 28, 2026 – Vaishnavi five for and Rawal, fifty-year-old Shafali powers India to a 3-0 win. IND-W vs ZIM-W 2026/27, IND Women vs ZIM Women Match Report: Zimbabwe failed for just 131 in Vadodara and India chased the target with eight wickets and 198 deliveries Zimbabwe were bowled out for just 131 in Vadodara and India managed to reach the target with eight wickets and 198 deliveries remaining
