Zimbabwe captain Tatenda Taibu won the toss and elected to field against India in the third game of the tri-series in Harare on Monday.
India go into the game without Virender Sehwag, who is not keeping well.
Venugopal Rao will open the India innings with captain Sourav Ganguly.
Youngster Suresh Raina has been brought into the side as the supersub.
Ganguly had called for a better show from his batsmen after suffering a 51-run defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the second match on Friday.
Teams:
India: Sourav Ganguly, Venugopal Rao, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Jai P Yadav and Suresh Raina (Supersub).
Zimbabwe: B Taylor, S Carlisle, H Masakadza, T Taibu, H Streak, C Coventry, A Blignaut, G Ewing, N Mahwire, P Utseya, A Ireland, V Sibanda (Supersub)