India women beat Zimbabwe women by 9 wickets in the 1st ODI of Zimbabwe Women's tour of India at Kotambi Stadium, Vadodara, on 23 Oct 2026. Chasing 197, India reached 200/1 in 27.1 overs, finishing with 137 balls remaining.
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first. Loryn Phiri fell for 1 in the third over, caught and bowled by Kranti Gaud, and Zimbabwe were 55/3 by the 15th over after Shree Charani removed Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano for 21 and Modester Mupachikwa for 25. Beloved Biza held the innings together with 62 from 92 balls, including 5 fours, and Michelle Mavunga added a brisk 29 from 23 balls.
Zimbabwe were 180/7 when Mavunga was caught by Kalita off Shree Charani, but the lower order then slipped to 183/9, with Biza caught by Smriti Mandhana off Gaud. Tendai Makusha made 10 before being bowled by Sharma, and Zimbabwe were all out for 197 in 49.5 overs.
In reply, India put on 94 for the first wicket before Mandhana was caught by Biza off Olinder Chare for 32 from 34 balls. Rawal and Shafali Verma then completed the chase without further loss. Rawal finished on 100 not out from 96 balls with 15 fours, while Verma made 64 not out from 33 balls, hitting 5 fours and 4 sixes.
Shree Charani was the pick of the India bowlers with 4 wickets for 23 runs from her 10 overs, while Gaud took 3 for 42 from 10. Chare took the only Zimbabwe wicket, finishing with 1 for 58 from 7 overs.
