Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla came up with match haul of ten wickets for 58 runs as India 'A' thrashed a Zimbabwe eleven by an innings and 233 runs in a four-day match at the Queen's Sports Club in Bulawayo.
After first innings figures of four for 12, Chawla captured 6 for 46 on Wednesday to rock the Zimbabwe batting and help the visitors sweep the two-match series.
The home team was on the backfoot when they resumed their first innings on Day 3 at 67 for 5.
Chawla and Pragyan Ojha claimed four wickets each to wrap the Zimbabweans for 143.
After being asked to follow-on, Zimbabwe openers Tino Mawoyo and Hamilton Masakadza again provided the team a good start, scoring 63 runs. However, once the Indians achieved the breakthrough, the
Zimbabwe batsmen fell like nine pins, six of them failing to score.
Masakadza's defiant knock of 73 was the only bright spot in the hosts' batting as they were all out for 148 in the second essay.
Wrecker-in-chief Chawla's six wickets helped him finish with 18 scalps in two matches.
Apart from Chawla, paceman Irfan Pathan emerged the most successful bowler for the Indians. The Baroda seamer, who was wicketless in the first innings, had three wickets for 12 runs in the second.
India 'A' will fly to Kenya for two three-day matches and a one-day tri-series involving Sri Lanka 'A' as the third team.
