India vs Zimbabwe Live: Zimbabwe opt to bowl

Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza won the toss and elected to bowl first against India in the second T20I at the Harare Sports Club.

India captain Shreyas Iyer revealed that his side would have batted first anyway, believing the pitch looked better for batting than in the series opener. India have made one change to their playing XI, with Yash Thakur coming in, while Zimbabwe have retained the same side.

Playing XIs:

India: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Yash Thakur, Mayank Yadav.

Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Ben Curran, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (c), Ryan Burl, Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), Brad Evans, Newman Nyamhuri, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani.