Skipper Brendon Taylor was the third man to be dismissed at the score of 44 in the 14th over.
He was trapped leg before by Ravindra Jadeja who earlier sent back Hamilton Masakadza with his brilliant throw.
Masakadza scored 10, including a six, before getting rut out by the spinner.
Earlier, Debutant Mohit Sharma claimed his first international victim the form of Sikandar Raza after a slow start by Zimbabwe.
Sharma struck in the seventh over to give Zimbabwe first blow at the score of 16 by getting Raza (7) caught behind.
Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl.
India, leading the five-match series 3-0, have rested Shikhar Dhawan and Vinay Kumar, giving debuts to Cheteshwar Pujara and Mohit Sharma.
Zimbabwe are unchanged for the match.
India: Virat Kohli (capt), Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohit Sharma.
Zimbabwe: Brendon Taylor (capt), Hamilton Masakadza, Vusi Sibanda, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams, Malcolm Waller, Elton Chigumbura, Brian Vitori, Prosper Utseya, Michael Chinouya, Tendai Chatara

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