India vs Zimbabwe live: India 0; Zimbabwe 54/1 (9/20 ov)

India vs Zimbabwe is live now at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur. India Women won the toss and elected to field This is 1st T20I (D/N) of Zimbabwe Women tour of India 2026/27, a T20, and the note below follows this session rather than a generic preview.

Score: India 0; Zimbabwe 54/1 (9/20 ov).

Smriti Mandhana and Josephine Nkomo are the players this session keeps returning to. A wicket now changes Zimbabwe's bowling plan. A stand that lasts another half hour changes what India can ask of the rest of this T20.

Match snapshot

• Fixture: 1st T20I (D/N)
• Series: Zimbabwe Women tour of India 2026/27
• Format: T20
• Venue: Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
• Date and time: Friday, 16 October 2026 at 01:30 pm
• Status: Live now
• India: India Women T20
• Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Women T20

The 1st T20I (D/N) score stays on the live scoreboard.

Where the match stands

India Women won the toss and elected to field Set that next to Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur. The ball either does something in this hour of India vs Zimbabwe or the batters are allowed to settle.

Twenty overs at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur leave no time to settle. India and Zimbabwe will be decided by the powerplay and the last four overs. For India vs Zimbabwe, the live scoreboard carries the balls and this page carries what that score is saying.

Still in the game

India squad to follow: Smriti Mandhana (Opening Batter), Shafali Verma (Opening Batter), Pratika Rawal (Batsman), Harmanpreet Kaur (Middle-order Batter), Richa Ghosh (Wicket-keeper Batter), Bharti Fulmali (All-Rounder), Deepti Sharma (All-Rounder), Prema Rawat (Bowler).

Zimbabwe squad to follow: Josephine Nkomo (All-Rounder), Beloved Biza (All-Rounder), Kudzai Chigora (Bowler), Francisca Chipare (Batsman), Nyasha Gwanzura (All-Rounder), Lindokuhle Mabhero (Bowler), Tendai Makusha (Bowler), Michelle Mavunga (All-Rounder).

When 1st T20I (D/N) between India and Zimbabwe is official, this same page becomes the report and the scoreline stays locked to Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur.