2010 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series

The Tri-nation series in Zimbabwe in 2010 (known as Micromax Cup and Zimbabwe Triangular Series 2010 too) was the name of the One Day International cricket tournament in Zimbabwe that was between India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean boards expected better sponsorship offers with Indian cricket team involved^{[citation needed]}. Sri Lanka won the series by beating Zimbabwe in the finals.^[1]

Micromax Cup
Date	28 May 2010 – 9 June 2010
Location	Zimbabwe
Result	Sri Lanka won the series.
Player of the series	Brendan Taylor
Teams India Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Captains Suresh Raina Tillakaratne Dilshan Elton Chigumbura Most runs Rohit Sharma 260 Tillakaratne Dilshan 328 Brendan Taylor 295 Most wickets Ravindra Jadeja 5 Suraj Randiv 6 Chris Mpofu 4
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Squads

Squads
India	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
Suresh Raina (c)	Tillakaratne Dilshan (c)	Elton Chigumbura (c)
Virat Kohli (vc)	Angelo Mathews (vc)	Chamu Chibhabha
Ravindra Jadeja	Suraj Randiv	Graeme Cremer
Amit Mishra	Nuwan Kulasekara	Greg Lamb
Pragyan Ojha	Jeewan Mendis	Chris Mpofu
Yusuf Pathan	Thilan Samaraweera	Ed Rainsford
Murali Vijay	Upul Tharanga	Prosper Utseya
Umesh Yadav	Thilan Thushara	Andy Blignaut
Ashok Dinda	Thissara Perera	Charles Coventry
Dinesh Karthik (wk)	Dinesh Chandimal (wk)	Tatenda Taibu (wk)
Naman Ojha	Dilhara Fernando	Craig Ervine
Pankaj Singh	Chamara Kapugedera	Hamilton Masakadza
Rohit Sharma	Ajantha Mendis	Ray Price
Vinay Kumar	Chamara Silva	Vusi Sibanda
Ravichandran Ashwin	Lahiru Thirimanne	Brendan Taylor

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Zimbabwe	4	3	1	0	0	1	13	0.214
2	Sri Lanka	4	2	2	0	0	1	9	0.104
3	India	4	1	3	0	0	0	4	−0.278

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group stage

Round 1

28 May Scorecard

India  285/5 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 289/4 (48.2 overs)
Rohit Sharma 114 (119) Christopher Mpofu 2/63 (10 overs)		Brendan Taylor 81 (103) Vinay Kumar 2/51 (8 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Brendan Taylor (Zim)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• ODI Debuts: Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Ashok Dinda (Ind), Craig Ervine (Zim)
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.^[2]

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30 May Scorecard

Sri Lanka  242 (49.5 overs)	v	India 243/3 (43.3 overs)
Angelo Mathews 75 (95) Ashok Dinda 2/44 (9.5 overs)		Rohit Sharma 101* (100) Nuwan Kulasekara 1/34 (9 overs)

India won by 7 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

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1 June Scorecard

Zimbabwe  118 (24.5 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 119/1 (15.2 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 62 (69) Suraj Randiv 3/23 (5 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 60* (45) Graeme Cremer 0/11 (1 over)

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Owen Chirombe (Zim) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Suraj Randiv (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain reduced play to 26 overs.^[3]
• ODI Debuts: Dinesh Chandimal, Jeewan Mendis (SL)

Round 2

3 June Scorecard

India  194/9 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 197/3 (38.2 overs)
Ravindra Jadeja 51 (72) Greg Lamb 3/45 (10 overs)		Brendan Taylor 74 (90) Ravindra Jadeja 2/27 (7 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Owen Chirombe (Zim) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Brendan Taylor (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

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5 June Scorecard

India  268/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 270/4 (48.2 overs)
Virat Kohli 68 (95) Thilan Thushara 3/57 (9overs)		Dinesh Chandimal 111 (130) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/50 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets. Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Dinesh Chandimal (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• ODI Debuts: Ravichandran Ashwin, Naman Ojha and Pankaj Singh (Ind)

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7 June Scorecard

Sri Lanka  236 (47.5 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 240/2 (47.5 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 78 (84) Chris Mpofu 2/32 (9 overs)		Brendan Taylor 119 (137) Tillakaratne Dilshan 1/35 (8 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Brendan Taylor (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

Final

9 June Scorecard

Zimbabwe  199 (49 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 203/1 (34.4 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 71 (93) Dilhara Fernando 3/36 (9 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 108* (102) Hamilton Masakadza 0/8 (1 over)

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets. Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Media coverage

Television

• Ten Sports : India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong in China, Indonesia, Maldives and Nepal.
• Doordarshan : India
• Zee Cinema : India
• Prime Sports : Middle East
• SuperSport : Africa
• Setanta Sports : Australia
• Asian Television Network : Canada
• StarHub : Singapore
• Astro : Malaysia
• CMC : Guyana, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, St Lucia, Antigua, Trinidad and Cayman Islands.

Internet

• Ten Sports – (tensports.com)