India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to field against Zimbabwe in the first T20I in Harare. Pacer Ashok Sharma makes his international debut as India look to recover from recent series losses in England and Ireland
Sanju Samson has been left out of India's squad for the three-match T20I series in Zimbabwe, while Yash Thakur, Ashok Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh earned maiden call-ups. Mayank Yadav returns, and Shivam Dube replaces injured Nitish Kumar Reddy in the ODI squad
