India coasts to a comfortable eight wickets win against Zimbabwe in the second one day game
Zimbabwe and India – Second One-day game at Harare on 11.01.16 – India won by eight wickets
V Sibanda scored 53 in this game to provide the 65th occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman scoring a fifty in one day games against India. It also represents his second fifty against India. Prior to this he had scored 55 at Harare on 26.07.13.
V Sibanda’s 53 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 48th occasion of a Zimbabwe batsman’s fifty going in vain against India. It also represents the second occasion of his fifty going in vain against India. His 55 at Harare on 26.07.13 was also in a losing cause.
His 53 in this game represents his 22nd fifty in one day games – 02 centuries and 20 half centuries. It was his 12th fifty in a losing cause in his one-day career
V Sibanda and Sikander Raza added 67 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 82nd occasion of Zimbabwe batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership against India. It also provides the 18th such occasion for the fourth wicket against India.
Zimbabwe has been dismissed all out against India on 32 occasions which includes its 126 all out this game. It is its second lowest total against India in one day games. The lowest total is its 65 at Harare on 29.08.05. Zimbabwe has been dismissed all out for a total of less than 150 runs against India on six occasions. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Team | Score | Overs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 065 | 24.3 | 2 | v India | Harare | 29 Aug 2005 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 126 | 34.3 | 1 | v India | Harare | 13 Jun 2016 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 133 | 41.5 | 1 | v India | Harare | 24 Jun 2001 |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 135 | 44.2 | 1 | v India | Mumbai | 17 Oct 1987 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 135 | 34.4 | 1 | v India | Perth | 03 Feb 2004 |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 144 | 42.4 | 1 | v India | Bulawayo | 01 Aug 2013 |
KL Rahul and AT Rayudu added 162 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in the first one day at Harare on 11.06.16 provided the 100th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership against Zimbabwe in one day games
KL Rahul-KK Nair added 58 runs for the first wicket and KK Nair-AT Rayudu added 67 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 101st and 102nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership against Zimbabwe in one day games.
KL Rahul-KK Nair added 58 runs for the first wicket in this game to provide the 18th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the first wicket against Zimbabwe in one day games.
KK Nair-AT Rayudu added 67 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 19th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the second wicket against Zimbabwe in one day games.
KL Rahul-KK Nair added 58 runs for the first wicket to become the 62nd Indian opening pair to post a fifty plus runs partnership in one day games.
India won this game by eight wickets to provide the 34th occasion of India winning a one-day game by exact eight wickets margin. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Team | Result | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | India | won | 8 wkts | 83 | v Australia | Melbourne | 03 Mar 1985 |
| 2 | India | won | 8 wkts | 17 | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1985 |
| 3 | India | won | 8 wkts | 28 | v Australia | Melbourne | 16 Jan 1986 |
| 4 | India | won | 8 wkts | 111 | v Sri Lanka | Guwahati | 11 Jan 1987 |
| 5 | India | won | 8 wkts | 133 | v Zimbabwe | Mumbai | 17 Oct 1987 |
| 6 | India | won | 8 wkts | 27 | v Zimbabwe | Pune | 25 Mar 1993 |
| 7 | India | won | 8 wkts | 4 | v West Indies | Cuttack | 09 Nov 1994 |
| 8 | India | won | 8 wkts | 101 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 09 Apr 1995 |
| 9 | India | won | 8 wkts | 49 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 14 Apr 1995 |
| 10 | India | won | 8 wkts | 19 | v Pakistan | Toronto | 16 Sep 1996 |
| 11 | India | won | 8 wkts | 45 | v New Zealand | Bangalore | 14 May 1997 |
| 12 | India | won | 8 wkts | 53 | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 14 Jan 1998 |
| 13 | India | won | 8 wkts | 38 | v Sri Lanka | Col-RPS | 19 Jun 1998 |
| 14 | India | won | 8 wkts | 46 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 26 Sep 1998 |
| 15 | India | won | 8 wkts | 19 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 27 Sep 1998 |
| 16 | India | won | 8 wkts | 75 | v West Indies | Toronto | 11 Sep 1999 |
| 17 | India | won | 8 wkts | 164 | v South Africa | Nairobi-G | 26 Sep 1999 |
| 18 | India | won | 8 wkts | 59 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 30 May 2000 |
| 19 | India | won | 8 wkts | 45 | v Kenya | Nairobi-G | 03 Oct 2000 |
| 20 | India | won | 8 wkts | 56 | v England | Kanpur | 28 Jan 2002 |
| 21 | India | won | 8 wkts | 63 | v England | Col-RPS | 22 Sep 2002 |
| 22 | India | won | 8 wkts | 69 | v Bangladesh | Col-SSC | 21 Jul 2004 |
| 23 | India | won | 8 wkts | 178 | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 28 Oct 2005 |
| 24 | India | won | 8 wkts | 19 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 19 Feb 2006 |
| 25 | India | won | 8 wkts | 104 | v Sri Lanka | Dhaka | 10 Jan 2010 |
| 26 | India | won | 8 wkts | 42 | v New Zealand | Jaipur | 01 Dec 2010 |
| 27 | India | won | 8 wkts | 173 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 10 Dec 2010 |
| 28 | India | won | 8 wkts | 80 | v England | Delhi | 17 Oct 2011 |
| 29 | India | won | 8 wkts | 65 | v West Indies | The Oval | 11 Jun 2013 |
| 30 | India | won | 8 wkts | 17 | v Pakistan | Birmingham | 15 Jun 2013 |
| 31 | India | won | 8 wkts | 90 | v Sri Lanka | Cardiff | 20 Jun 2013 |
| 32 | India | won | 8 wkts | 106 | v Afghanistan | Dhaka | 05 Mar 2014 |
| 33 | India | won | 8 wkts | 79 | v Ireland | Hamilton | 10 Mar 2015 |
| 34 | India | won | 8 wkts | 139 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 13 Jun 2016 |
India’s win by eight wickets in this game provides the fifth occasion of India winning a one-day game against Zimbabwe by exact eight wickets. India won this game by 139 balls to spare provides its largest win with balls to spare against Zimbabwe with a eight wickets victory. The previous largest win under this category of statistics was its win with 133 balls to spare at Mumbai on 17.10.87
| No | Team | Result | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | India | won | 8 wkts | 133 | v Zimbabwe | Mumbai | 17 Oct 1987 |
| 2 | India | won | 8 wkts | 27 | v Zimbabwe | Pune | 25 Mar 1993 |
| 3 | India | won | 8 wkts | 46 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 26 Sep 1998 |
| 4 | India | won | 8 wkts | 19 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 27 Sep 1998 |
| 5 | India | won | 8 wkts | 139 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 13 Jun 2016 |
India’s win by eight wickets with 139 balls to spare in this game provides the eighth occasion of India winning a one-day game with exact eight wickets with 100 plus balls to spare. All such wins are listed below
| No | Team | Result | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | India | won | 8 wkts | 178 | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 28 Oct 2005 |
| 2 | India | won | 8 wkts | 173 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 10 Dec 2010 |
| 3 | India | won | 8 wkts | 164 | v South Africa | Nairobi-G | 26 Sep 1999 |
| 4 | India | won | 8 wkts | 139 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 13 Jun 2016 |
| 5 | India | won | 8 wkts | 133 | v Zimbabwe | Mumbai | 17 Oct 1987 |
| 6 | India | won | 8 wkts | 111 | v Sri Lanka | Guwahati | 11 Jan 1987 |
| 6 | India | won | 8 wkts | 106 | v Afghanistan | Dhaka | 05 Mar 2014 |
| 7 | India | won | 8 wkts | 104 | v Sri Lanka | Dhaka | 10 Jan 2010 |
| 8 | India | won | 8 wkts | 101 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 09 Apr 1995 |