Harare, July 26 -- India thrashed Zimbabwe by 35 runs in the third and final T20I to clean sweep the bilateral series here at Harare Sports Club on Sunday.

Chasing a daunting target of 193 runs, the hosts could only make 157/7 in 20 overs as Indian skipper Shreyas Iyer registered his first series win after taking charge of the T20I side last month.

The start of the run chase was not ideal for the hosts as they lost the wicket of opener batter Brian Bennett on the very first delivery of Zimbabwe's innings.

Playing his second match of the tour, pacer Yash Thakur got back-to-back wickets when he dismissed Dion Myers and Sikandar Raza in the fourth over. Myers made 19 off 15 balls, whereas Raza could not open his run account.

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