Defending champions West Indies made their intentions clear in the ICC Champions Trophy when they skittled out Zimbabwe for a paltry 85 in a qualifier in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

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Off-spinner Chris Gayle took three wickets and pacemen Jerome Taylor and Dwayne Smith two each as the African nation collapsed for the third lowest team total in the competition after United States' 65 in 2004 and Bangladesh's 77 in 2002.

Opting to bat, Zimbabwe lost their top four batsmen by the 10th over for just 31 runs and were dismissed with 19.5 overs left.

Wickets fell at regular intervals and only three batsmen managed to reach double figures as Smith and Gayle struck quick blows.

Zimbabwe skipper Prosper Utseya top-scored with 27 before being the last man out, lbw to Gayle.