# 2010 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series

The Tri-nation series in Zimbabwe in 2010 (known as Micromax Cup and Zimbabwe Triangular Series 2010 too) was the name of the One Day International cricket tournament in Zimbabwe that was between India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean boards expected better sponsorship offers with Indian cricket team involved. Sri Lanka won the series by beating Zimbabwe in the finals.

## Squads

Squads :
| India | Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe |
| Suresh Raina (c) | Tillakaratne Dilshan (c) | Elton Chigumbura (c) |
| Virat Kohli (vc) | Angelo Mathews (vc) | Chamu Chibhabha |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Suraj Randiv | Graeme Cremer |
| Amit Mishra | Nuwan Kulasekara | Greg Lamb |
| Pragyan Ojha | Jeewan Mendis | Chris Mpofu |
| Yusuf Pathan | Thilan Samaraweera | Ed Rainsford |
| Murali Vijay | Upul Tharanga | Prosper Utseya |
| Umesh Yadav | Thilan Thushara | Andy Blignaut |
| Ashok Dinda | Thissara Perera | Charles Coventry |
| Dinesh Karthik (wk) | Dinesh Chandimal (wk) | Tatenda Taibu (wk) |
| Naman Ojha | Dilhara Fernando | Craig Ervine |
| Pankaj Singh | Chamara Kapugedera | Hamilton Masakadza |
| Rohit Sharma | Ajantha Mendis | Ray Price |
| Vinay Kumar | Chamara Silva | Vusi Sibanda |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | Lahiru Thirimanne | Brendan Taylor |

## Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.214 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.104 |
| 3 | India | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.278 |

## Group stage
### Round 1

* 28 May Scorecard
| India 285/5 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 289/4 (48.2 overs) |
| Rohit Sharma 114 (119) Christopher Mpofu 2/63 (10 overs) | | Brendan Taylor 81 (103) Vinay Kumar 2/51 (8 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Brendan Taylor (Zim)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* ODI Debuts: Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Ashok Dinda (Ind), Craig Ervine (Zim)
* Rohit Sharma (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.
* 30 May Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 242 (49.5 overs) | v | India 243/3 (43.3 overs) |
| Angelo Mathews 75 (95) Ashok Dinda 2/44 (9.5 overs) | | Rohit Sharma 101* (100) Nuwan Kulasekara 1/34 (9 overs) |
* India won by 7 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* 1 June Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 118 (24.5 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 119/1 (15.2 overs) |
| Hamilton Masakadza 62 (69) Suraj Randiv 3/23 (5 overs) | | Tillakaratne Dilshan 60* (45) Graeme Cremer 0/11 (1 over) |
* Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Owen Chirombe (Zim) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Suraj Randiv (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain reduced play to 26 overs.
* ODI Debuts: Dinesh Chandimal, Jeewan Mendis (SL)

### Round 2

* 3 June Scorecard
| India 194/9 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 197/3 (38.2 overs) |
| Ravindra Jadeja 51 (72) Greg Lamb 3/45 (10 overs) | | Brendan Taylor 74 (90) Ravindra Jadeja 2/27 (7 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Owen Chirombe (Zim) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Brendan Taylor (Zim)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* 5 June Scorecard
| India 268/9 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 270/4 (48.2 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 68 (95) Thilan Thushara 3/57 (9overs) | | Dinesh Chandimal 111 (130) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/50 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets. Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Dinesh Chandimal (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* ODI Debuts: Ravichandran Ashwin, Naman Ojha and Pankaj Singh (Ind)
* 7 June Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 236 (47.5 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 240/2 (47.5 overs) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 78 (84) Chris Mpofu 2/32 (9 overs) | | Brendan Taylor 119 (137) Tillakaratne Dilshan 1/35 (8 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Brendan Taylor (Zim)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

## Final

* 9 June Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 199 (49 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 203/1 (34.4 overs) |
| Tatenda Taibu 71 (93) Dilhara Fernando 3/36 (9 overs) | | Tillakaratne Dilshan 108* (102) Hamilton Masakadza 0/8 (1 over) |
* Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets. Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

## Media coverage
### Television

* Ten Sports : India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong in China, Indonesia, Maldives and Nepal.
* Doordarshan : India
* Zee Cinema : India
* Prime Sports : Middle East
* SuperSport : Africa
* Setanta Sports : Australia
* Asian Television Network : Canada
* StarHub : Singapore
* Astro : Malaysia
* CMC : Guyana, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, St Lucia, Antigua, Trinidad and Cayman Islands.

### Internet

* Ten Sports – (tensports.com)