India overcome Raza scare to seal 3-0 win

HARARE, Aug 22 (Agencies): Sikandar Raza's valiant knock of 115 failed to take Zimbabwe home as India edged past them by 13 runs in the third and final ODI at the Harare Sports Club on Monday to clean sweep the series 3-0.

The match went down to the wire, courtesy Raza's splendid knock but India held their nerves well to end up on the winning side.

Earlier, Shubman Gill made his first international hundred as India scored 289-8 in the third and final ODI.

Gill smacked 130 off 97 balls, hitting 15 fours and a six, as Ishan Kishan, Shikhar Dhawan (40) and captain KL Rahul (30) also contributed with the bat.

The breakthrough century for the 22-year-old Gill came less than a month after he came agonisingly close to achieving the feat, scoring an unbeaten 98 against the West Indies in Port of Spain.

Gill shared a 140-run third-wicket partnership with Kishan, who reached his half-century before being run out by Tony Munyonga.

In the first ball of the final over Gill sought a boundary, but he achieved height rather than length off a Brad Evans delivery and was caught at long-off by Innocent Kaia.

Kishan struck six fours and Dhawan five fours while Rahul put behind him being out for one in the second ODI last Saturday with a knock that included one six and one four.

Fast bowler Evans was the only Zimbabwe bowler to impress, taking a career-best five wickets for 54 runs in 10 overs.

The match is a dead rubber after India took a 2-0 lead on Saturday through a five-wicket victory. They won the opening match by 10 wickets.