# Zimbabwean cricket team in India in 2001–02

Zimbabwe's national cricket team toured India from 15 February to 19 March 2002. Tour included a series of 2 Tests and 5 One day internationals. India won the Test series by 2-0 and ODI series by 3–2.

## Tour match

* 15–17 February Scorecard
* Match drawn Indira Gandhi Stadium, Vijayawada Umpires: O Krishna and KR Shankar
* Indian Board President's XI won the toss and choose to bat

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 21 February 2002 (2002-02-21) Scorecard
* India won by an innings and 101 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: David Shepherd (England), S Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Anil Kumble
* Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat
* Sachin Tendulkar passed 7500 runs in Test matches when he reached 81
* Travis Friend was banned from bowling in the India first innings (for beamers)

### 2nd Test

* 28 February 2002 (2002-02-28) Scorecard
* India won by 4 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: EAR de Silva, AV Jayaprakash Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh
* 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
### 1st ODI

* 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 Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad Umpires: SK Porel, I Sivaram Player of the match: Douglas Marillier
* India won the toss and decided to bat

### 2nd ODI

* 10 March 2002 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: A Bhattacharjee, SK Tarapore Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly
* India won the toss and decided to bat

### 3rd ODI

* 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: V Chopra, D Sharma Player of the match: Douglas Hondo
* India won the toss and decided to bat
* Alistair Campbell passed 5000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 60

### 4th ODI

* 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: SC Gupta, K Hariharan Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh
* Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat
* Murali Kartik made his debut in ODI matches Grant Flower passed 5500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 25

### 5th ODI

* 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 and KG Lakshminarayan Player of the match: Dinesh Mongia
* India won the toss and chose to bat