India 288-6 (50 overs) beat Zimbabwe 271-8 (50 overs) by 14 runs
India beat Zimbabwe by 14 runs in the ICC Champions Trophy despite a battling 145 by Andy Flower.
Chasing 289 for victory after a century from Mohammad Kaif, Flower kept Zimbabwe in the hunt for much of their reply, with a record highest one-day knock for his country.
But the loss of three wickets in the last six overs slowed their momentum and they fell just short.
Opening bowler Zaheer Khan dismissed Sean Ervine with the final delivery to finish with figures of four for 45.
Earlier, Kaif hit an unbeaten 111 as India recovered from early difficulty to reach 288-6.
They had been struggling on 87-5 after an inspired spell by Zimbabwe opening bowler Doug Hondo.
But the sixth-wicket pair of Kaif and Rahul Dravid added 117 in the next 24 overs.
Sahara India Parivar on Saturday withdrew its sponsorship of the Indian cricket team which is currently playing in the ICC Champions Trophy tournament in colombo.
The decision to withdraw its multi-million sponsorship came after the International Cricket Council objected to the "wings" graphic on its logo.
ICC had objected to Sahara sponsorsing the Indian team citing conflict of commercial interests with South African Airways, one of the official sponsors of Champions Trophy, before giving a conditional approval to the modified logo "Subrata".
ICC said Sahara could use the new "Subrata" logo provided the "winged graphics" were deleted. It said the presence of the graphic continued to be in clash of interest with South African Airlines.
England coach Duncan Fletcher is worried that a lack of experience could undermine his team's hopes in next year's World Cup.
Fletcher's comments came as England arrived in Sri Lanka for the Champions Trophy tournament with a squad ravaged by injury.
The Zimbabwean had been hoping to use the competition as a dry run for the World Cup in South Africa in March.
"We had hoped to have settled on our 14-15, with one or two positions still up for grabs, to give (the newcomers) the experience they require," Fletcher admitted.
South African batsman and leading ODI fielder Jonty Rhodes has become the latest player to comment on the extreme heat at the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka.
Rhodes, who was named man-of-the-match for South Africa in their final ball win over the West Indies on Friday told Reuters of his discomfort while on his way to top scoring for South Africa with a well crafted 61.
"In 36 degrees and 100 percent humidity nothing is comfortable," said the KwaZulu-Natal native who is reasonably familiar with warm and sticky conditions.
Rhodes, who has epilepsy, always wears a helmet to keep his head safe, but even he was forced to discard the protection because of the temperature.
With Pakistan failing to make the final of the Morocco Cup and being as good as eliminated from the Champions Trophy, Waqar Younis looks set to pay the price.
Commenting on the recent patch of bad form a PCB spokesman told AFP, "A high level meeting of the PCB carried out a post-mortem of the team's recent performances and showed concern at the slump in form. We have asked coach Mudassar Nazar to come from Sri Lanka to give a report.
