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A truly dismal batting performance by Zimbabwe Select, and 10 wickets taken by Piyush Chawla, ensure India 'A' secured a huge win in Bulawayo and took a 2-0 series win, with Zimbabwe failing to put any pressure on the visitors at any stage. Batting first, India racked up 524/8 before declaring, with centuries by Pujara, Patel and Badrinath. In reply, Zimbabwe progressed to 45 safely enough, before losing three quick wickets (Masakadza, Sibanda and Mawoyo) for no further runs. Of the remaining batsmen, only captain Utseya passed the 20-run mark, and Zimbabwe were forced to follow on after reaching only 143.

Zimbabwe's second innings was, if anything, even worse than the first. Hamilton Masakadza managed to reach 73, and Tino Mawoyo finally got some runs on the board with 33, but the rest of the innings was truly woeful, with Sibanda, Utseya, Chigumbura, Brent, Rainsford and Mpofu all failing to score, as Zimbabwe were bowled out a second time for 148.

Scorecard below the cut, which speaks for itself really. A truly horrendous performance.
India 524/8 (Patel 126, Rainsford 4/100), Zimbabwe 143 (Utseya 26, Chawla 4/12) & 148 (Masakadza 73, Chawla 6/46). India win by an innings and 223 runs, win series 2-0.

India A 1st innings
CA Pujara	c Taibu b Utseya	                100
AR Uthappa	c Sibanda b Rainsford	                67
PA Patel	b Utseya	                        126
M Kaif	        c Taibu b Brent	                        26
RP Sharma	c Taibu b Rainsford	                14
S Badrinath	not out	                                103
IK Pathan	lbw b Brent	                        0
Piyush Chawla	c Mpofu b Rainsford	                50
Pankaj Singh	c Sibanda b Rainsford   	        4
VY Mahesh	not out                 	        8
            Extras	(lb 1, w 3, nb 22)	        26					
            Total	(8 wickets dec; 152.5 overs)	524

Did not bat: PP Ojha 
Fall of wickets: 1-110 (Uthappa, 34.6 ov), 2-224 (Pujara, 73.4 ov), 
3-296 (Kaif, 93.1 ov), 4-318 (Sharma, 102.3 ov), 5-378 (Patel, 121.2 ov), 
6-379 (Pathan, 122.4 ov), 7-484 (Piyush Chawla, 149.2 ov), 
8-488 (Pankaj Singh, 149.6 ov)

Bowling	        O	M	R	W	Econ	
EC Rainsford	24	2	100	4	4.16	(17nb, 1w)
CB Mpofu	26.5	3	108	0	4.02	(1nb)
GB Brent	33	8	74	2	2.24	
AG Cremer	27	1	123	0	4.55	
P Utseya	32	6	80	2	2.50	(4nb)
S Matsikenyeri	2	0	13	0	6.50	
H Masakadza	8	0	25	0	3.12	(2w)

								
Zimbabwe Select XI 1st innings
TMK Mawoyo	lbw b Mahesh	                20
H Masakadza	c Uthappa b Ojha	        24
V Sibanda	b Ojha	                        0
T Taibu	        b Piyush Chawla	                10
S Matsikenyeri	lbw b Ojha	                18
EC Rainsford	b Piyush Chawla	                0
E Chigumbura	c Patel b Pankaj Singh	        19
P Utseya	c Mahesh b Piyush Chawla	26
AG Cremer	lbw b Ojha	                11
GB Brent	lbw b Piyush Chawla	        7
CB Mpofu	not out	                        1
            Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 4)	7					
	    Total	(all out; 51.1 overs)	143

Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Masakadza, 11.4 ov), 2-45 (Sibanda, 13.4 ov),
3-45 (Mawoyo, 14.4 ov), 4-67 (Taibu, 24.4 ov), 5-67 (Rainsford, 24.6 ov), 
6-89 (Matsikenyeri, 34.1 ov), 7-101 (Chigumbura, 37.4 ov), 
8-122 (Cremer, 44.6 ov), 9-141 (Brent, 49.5 ov), 10-143 (Utseya, 51.1 ov)

Bowling	        O	M	R	W	Econ	
IK Pathan	11	2	46	0	4.18	(3nb)
VY Mahesh	8	3	19	1	2.37	
PP Ojha	21	6	45	4	2.14	(1nb)
Piyush Chawla	5.1	1	12	4	2.32	
Pankaj Singh	6	1	18	1	3.00	

								
Zimbabwe Select XI 2nd innings (following on)
TMK Mawoyo	c Patel b Piyush Chawla	        33
H Masakadza	lbw b Pathan	                73
V Sibanda	c ? b Piyush Chawla	        0
T Taibu	        lbw b Ojha	                19
S Matsikenyeri	lbw b Piyush Chawla	        11
E Chigumbura	c Sharma b Piyush Chawla	0
P Utseya	lbw b Piyush Chawla	        0
AG Cremer	c Patel b Pathan	        4
GB Brent	lbw b Pathan	                0
EC Rainsford	c Uthappa b Piyush Chawla	0
CB Mpofu	not out	                        0
	    Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 3)	8					
	    Total	(all out; 50.3 overs)	148

Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Mawoyo), 2-67 (Sibanda), 3-116 (Taibu, 30.4 ov), 
4-143 (Matsikenyeri, 43.1 ov), 5-143 (Chigumbura, 46.1 ov), 
6-143 (Utseya, 46.2 ov), 7-145 (Masakadza, 47.5 ov), 
8-145 (Brent, 47.6 ov), 9-148 (Cremer, 49.4 ov), 10-148 (Rainsford, 50.3 ov)

Bowling	        O	M	R	W	Econ	
VY Mahesh	6	0	30	0	5.00	
Pankaj Singh	7	1	25	0	3.57	
PP Ojha	        12	2	30	1	2.50	
Piyush Chawla	15.3	3	46	6	2.96	
IK Pathan	10	6	12	3	1.20