Left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed starts off with the ball for India. He will be up against Zimbabwe's opening duo of Tadiwanashe Marumani and Wessly Madhevere.
The first ball is full and swings into Madhevere who clips it on the leg side for a single to get off the mark.
The next ball moves away as left-hander Marumani plays and misses outside the off-stump before he uses his feet to smash the pacer straight down the ground for a four.
Khaleel keeps it back of length along with some inward movement as Marumani misses the pull shot two balls in a row.
He finally connects off the last ball pulling the pacer over square leg for a four, to get nine from the first over.
Avesh Khan from the other end. He strikes first ball as Madhevere hits the short wide ball straight to Abhishek in the covers to fall for one.
Brian Bennett misses the clip as the ball goes off his pads for a leg bye and Marumani top edges the pull shot for a single to midwicket.
Bennett is beaten as he looks to slash the short wide ball over point and plays and misses again next ball.
But he bounces back as he pulls the last ball over square leg for a four.
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