The India national cricket team toured New Zealand from 15 February to 12 March 1968 and played a four-match Test series against New Zealand. India won the series 3–1. India won the first Test, and New Zealand drew level by winning the second. India claimed the series by winning the last two Tests.
| Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1967–68 | |||
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| India | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 15 February – 12 March 1968 | ||
| Captains | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi |
Barry Sinclair (1st Test) Graham Dowling | |
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| Result | India won the 4-match series 3–1 | ||
| Most runs | Ajit Wadekar (328) | Graham Dowling (471) | |
| Most wickets | EAS Prasanna (24) | Dick Motz (15) | |
Squads
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Indrajitsinhji, Sardesai and Saxena did not appear in any of the four Test matches.
Tour matches
editThree-day: New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI v Indians
edit5–7 February
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New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI
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Three-day: Central Districts v Indians
editTest Matches
edit1st Test
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- 18 February was a rest day.
- Test debut for Mark Burgess, Roy Harford and Bruce Murray (NZ)
- This was India's first Test win away from home.[1]
2nd Test
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- Keith Thomson (NZ) made his Test debut.
- 25 February was a rest day.
- This was New Zealand's first Test victory over India.[2]
- Dowling's 239 was a record individual Test score for New Zealand, and Bartlett's 6/38 was the best New Zealand Test bowling figures.[3]
3rd Test
edit4th Test
editReferences
edit- ^ "A win by spin in Dunedin". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "ESPNcricinfo - Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 379–80.