Vaishnavi Sharma took the first five-wicket haul of her international career, finishing with 5 for 39 as India Women bowled out Zimbabwe Women for 131 in the third and final ODI at the BCA Stadium in Vadodara on October 28, before Pratika Rawal's 59 and Shafali Verma's 51 completed an eight-wicket win that sealed a 3-0 series sweep, following India's earlier 3-0 sweep of the T20I leg in Raipur.
The left-arm spinner's figures headlined a Zimbabwe innings that never got going, with the tourists bowled out in 39.5 overs. Vaishnavi's wickets included Modester Mupachikwa, stumped for 37, and she closed out the innings by removing Chiedza Dhururu (20) and Nyasha Gwanzura (10) in quick succession.
Chasing a modest target of 132, Pratika Rawal made an unbeaten 59 off 56 balls and Shafali Verma added an unbeaten 51 off 26, with India home for the loss of two wickets in just 17 overs. It is a continuation of the opening pair's form across the series, after Rawal's century in the series opener.
The result completes a 3-0 ODI sweep to go with India's 3-0 T20I sweep earlier in the tour, meaning Zimbabwe Women leave India without a win in either format across their first-ever bilateral assignment against the Indian team. The ODI leg also carried points in the ICC Women's Championship 2025-29, giving India a clean run of results in their first global qualification cycle fixtures since Smriti Mandhana took over as full-time captain from Harmanpreet Kaur earlier this month.
Across six matches in two formats, India used the series to test squad depth without ever being seriously troubled by the scoreline — Vaishnavi Sharma's maiden five-wicket haul in the finale is the clearest individual marker of that depth paying off, arriving in only her early appearances in the format. For Zimbabwe, who had also lost their preceding tour of the West Indies without winning either leg, a winless October adds to a difficult year of results against higher-ranked opposition.
Vaishnavi Sharma's five-wicket haul makes her a name worth tracking in India's bowling pool heading into future white-ball assignments, while Pratika Rawal and Shafali Verma's continued returns at the top of the order keep them the standout fantasy picks from this series for India Women.
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Scores and bowling figures in this article are verified against same-day and freshly re-checked reporting as of October 30, 2026.
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