Nagpur: Canada fought their way back into their World Cup tie against Zimbabwe by picking up wickets at regular intervals at Nagpur's Vidarbha stadium on Monday.Earlier, steely counter-attack by Craig Ervine and Tatenda Taibu had put Zimbabwe in pole position to consolidate and move towards a competitive total.
Harvir Baidwan sent back Charles Coventry as Zimbabwe lost their second wicket.
Opening batsman Brendan Taylor was trapped leg before wicket for a golden duck by Khurram Chohan after Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura won the toss and elected to bat first.
Both teams will be desperate for a win after losing their opening fixtures to more fancied opponents.
While Canada received a sound thrashing at the hands of Sri Lanka by 210 runs at Hambantota, Zimbabwe went down by 91 runs in their match against four times World Champions Australia at Ahmedabad.
Teams:
Zimbabwe: BRM Taylor, CK Coventry, T Taibu, CR Ervine, E Chigumbura (capt), SC Williams, GA Lamb, P Utseya, AG Cremer, RW Price, CB Mpofu
Canada: NR Kumar, JM Davison, R Gunasekera, A Bagai (capt), AS Hansra, ZE Surkari, TG Gordon, Rizwan Cheema, Khurram Chohan, HS Baidwan, WD Balaji Rao
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