Before the Test series, West Indies participated to a triangular One Day International competition with Zimbabwe and India.[3] The West Indies tour consisted 3 List A matches and 2 First-class matches as well.[4]
Hamilton Masakadza beat the record held by Tatenda Taibu to become the youngest player to play for Zimbabwe. He also became the youngest player to score a century on Test debut (17 years, 354 days), and the second Zimbabwe player to score a century on Test debut.[5]
The Coca-Cola Cup was a One Day International (ODI) tournament that was held between 23 June and 8 July 2001 in Zimbabwe. It was held after the Test series between Zimbabwe and India. India were the third team that competed in addition to Zimbabwe and West Indies for the Coca-Cola Cup. After six games between the three sides in the round-robin group stage, West Indies and India qualified for the final.[6] India entered as favorites into the final having defeated West Indies in each of the two group-stage games.[7]
However, in the final played on 7 July at the Harare Sports Club, West Indies defeated India by 16 runs. After having been put in to bat upon losing the toss, openers Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga started off strongly for West Indies scoring 96 runs in the first 15 overs. Setting India a target of 291, Corey Collymore, picking the crucial wickets of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, returned figures of 4/49, and was named the player of the match.[8]
