Handed a rude shock in the opening game , the indian youngester will have to raise their game in the second Twenty20 Internation to stay afloat in the three-match series against minnows Zimbabwe ,in Harare in Monday.
It was the first time that the young team was tested on the tour and it faltered on key moments to suffer an unexpected loss.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni failed to get his team over the line in the last over but equally culpable were the batsmen who got out at key moments after getting starts.
Manish Pandey made a fluent 48 but like debutant Mandeep Singh, he would have loved to carry on and take the side through.