India have surged past 200 after being put in to bat by Zimbabwe in a crunch game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Thursday.
Abhishek Sharma opened the innings with Sanju Samson as India decided to go in with a left-right combination.
Samson hit 24 off 15 balls with a four and two sixes before being caught at midwicket by Ryan Burl off Blessing Muzarabani after a 48-run opening stand in just 3.4 overs.
Ishan Kishan then joined Abhishek as India surged to 63/1 at the end of five overs.
After a horror start to the tournament, making three ducks and a score of 15, Abhishek was back at his best, reaching his fifty off just 26 balls.
Ishan also looked in ominous form but fell for 38 off 24 balls, caught by Richard Ngarava off skipper Sikandar Raza, after a 72-run stand for the second wicket.
Abhishek was the next to go, caught by Raza at long-on off Tinotenda Maposa for 55 off 30 balls.
Skipper Suryakumar Yadav was even more belligerent, hammering 33 off just 13 balls. He was caught at cover by Tashinga Musekiwa off Ngarava.
Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma then took the score past 200 as India eyed a mammoth total.
Axar Patel returned to the playing XI in place of Washington Sundar, while Sanju Samson also made a comeback replacing Rinku Singh.
Skipper Suryakumar Yadav was unfazed after losing the toss, saying he would have batted first anyway.
Suryakumar also said that Samson will keep wickets instead of Ishan Kishan.
The teams:
India (Playing XI): Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Ryan Burl, Sikandar Raza (captain), Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Tinotenda Maposa, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava