Kedar Jadhav's brisk half-century proved the difference as India just held off Zimbabwe in the third Twenty20 international at Harare Sports Club on Wednesday to clinch the series 2-1. Jadhav rescued India from 27 for three after they lost the toss and were asked to bat, hitting 58 from 42 balls to guide the tourists to a final score of 138 for six. Vusi Sibanda stroked an attractive 28 on his return from injury and Zimbabwe's middle order all chipped in, but the hosts still fell narrowly short as they finished on 135 for six to lose by three runs.

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India
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KL Rahul b Madziva                    22
Mandeep Singh c Maruma b Tiripano      4
A. Rayudu c Chigumbura b Cremer       20
M. Pandey run out                      0
K. Jadhav c Chigumbura b Tiripano     58
MS Dhoni b Tiripano                    9
A. Patel not out                      20
D. Kulkarni not out                    1
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Extras: (1lb, 3w)                      4
Total: (6 wkts, 20 overs)            138
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Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Mandeep Singh), 2-27 (Rahul), 3-27 (Pandey), 4-76 (Rayudu), 5-93 (Dhoni), 6-122 (Jadhav).
Did not bat: Jasprit Bumrah, Barinder Sran, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Bowling: Chatara 4-1-34-0, Tiripano 4-0-20-3, Madziva 4-0-32-1, Chibhabha 4-0-19-0, Cremer 4-0-32-1.

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Zimbabwe
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C. Chibhabha c Chahal b Sran           5
H. Masakadza lbw b Patel              15
V. Sibanda lbw b Kulkarni             28
P. Moor c Mandeep Singh b Chahal      26
M. Waller c Bumrah b Kulkarni         10
E. Chigumbura c Chahal b SranC        16
T. Maruma not out                     23
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Extras: (8lb, 3w, 1nb)                12
Total: (6 wkts, 20 overs)            135
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Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Chibhabha), 2-57 (Masakadza), 3-60 (Sibanda), 4-86 (Moor), 5-104 (Waller), 6-135 (Chigumbura).
Did not bat: Graeme Cremer, Neville Madziva, Donald Tiripano, Tendai Chatara.
Bowling: Sran 4-1-31-2, Kulkarni 4-0-23-2, Bumrah 4-0-23-0, Patel 4-0-18-1, Chahal 4-0-32-1.
Toss: Zimbabwe
Umpires: Russell Tiffin (ZIM) and Jeremiah Matibiri (ZIM)
TV umpire: Langton Rusere (ZIM)
Match referee: Richie Richardson (WI)
Result: India win by three runs.
Series: India win the three-match series 2-1.