The New Zealand men’s cricket team has landed in India to face the Rohit Sharma-led side in a three-match Test series that starts on Wednesday (October 16). The series opener is scheduled to take place at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, and the next two matches will be played in Pune (October 24-28) and Mumbai (November 1-5).
After getting whitewashed by Sri Lanka in the two-match series last month, Kiwis would like to come up with a big show in the upcoming three matches against India and secure their first-ever series win on Indian soil. However, it won’t be an easy task because the Indian team is in red-hot form these days and will be eager to whitewash the Kiwis so that they can all but confirm their place in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at Lord’s next year.
Ahead of the start of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand, here’s a look at the Kiwis’ record in 36 Tests played so far on Indian soil.
- Result summary: 2 wins, 17 defeats, and 17 draws in 36 Tests.
- Highest total: 630-6 (declare) in 198.3 overs at PCA Stadium, Mohali (October 2003).
- Lowest total: 62 all out in 28.1 overs at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (December 2021).
- Biggest win: New Zealand beat India by 167 runs in Nagpur (October 1969).
- Most runs: 885 runs in nine Tests by Bert Sutcliffe.
- Highest score: 230 not out by Bert Sutcliffe at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi (December 1955).
- Highest average: 68.40 by Craig McMillan (342 runs in four Tests).
- Most 100s: 3 centuries in nine Tests by Bert Sutcliffe.
- Most 50s: 5 half-centuries in five Tests by Tom Latham.
- Most ducks: 3 zeros each by Chris Kuggeleijn, Ewen Chatfield, Chris Martin, and Trent Boult.
- Most sixes: 10 maximums in nine Tests by John Reid.
- Most sixes in an inning: 4 each by John Reid and Brendon McCullum.
- Most runs in a series: 611 runs in five Tests by John Reid during the New Zealand tour of India in 1955-56.
- Most wickets: 31 wickets each by Richard Hadlee and Daniel Vettori.
- Best bowling figures (innings): 10 for 119 in 47.5 overs by Ajaz Patel at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (December 2021).
- Best bowling figures (match): 14 for 225 in 73.5 overs by Ajaz Patel at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (December 2021).
- Most five-wicket hauls: 2 fifers each by Bruce Taylor, Tim Southee, Richard Hadlee, and Daniel Vettori.
- Most 10 wickets in a match: 1 each by Ajaz Patel and Richard Hadlee.
- Most wickets in a series: 18 wickets in 3 Tests by Richard Hadlee during the New Zealand tour of India in 1988.
- Most dismissals: 11 (10 catches and 1 stumping) by Ken Wadsworth.
- Most catches: 10 catches by Ross Taylor.
- Highest partnership: 231 runs for the first wicket between Mark Richardson and Lou Vincent at PCA Stadium in Mohali (October 2003).
- Most matches: 10 Tests by Ross Taylor.
- Most wins as captain: 1 win each by John Wright and Graham Dowling.
New Zealand has only managed to defeat India twice in 36 Tests played so far on Indian soil. New Zealand’s first ever Test win in India was during the match played in Nagpur from October 3 to 8 in 1969. Kiwis won that fixture by 167 runs.
New Zealand’s second Test win in India came during the November 1988 match played at Wankhede Stadium. Under the leadership of John Wright, who later became India’s head coach, the Kiwis hammered the Dilip Vengsarkar-led Indian team by 136 runs.
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