Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1975–76

The India national cricket team toured New Zealand from 15 January to 22 February 1976 and played a three-match Test series against New Zealand. The series was drawn 1–1.

Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1975–76
 
  India New Zealand
Dates 15 January – 22 February 1976
Captains Sunil Gavaskar Glenn Turner
Test series
Result 3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Sunil Gavaskar (266) Bevan Congdon (218)
Most wickets E. A. S. Prasanna (11)
B. S. Chandrasekhar (11)
Richard Hadlee (12)

Tour matches

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Three-day: Central Districts v Indians

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15–17 January 1976
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152 (57.7 overs)
Jock Edwards 43
EAS Prasanna 5/57 (20.7 overs)
259 (81.6 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 83
David O'Sullivan 3/65 (26 overs)
214 (76 overs)
Mike Shrimpton 55
EAS Prasanna 5/87 (30 overs)
108/4 (34.7 overs)
Parthasarathy Sharma 62*
David O'Sullivan 2/29 (15 overs)
Indians won by 6 wickets
McLean Park, Napier
Umpires: Dennis Copps and H Stratford
  • Central Districts won the toss and elected to bat.

One-day: Wellington v Indians

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19 January 1976
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Indians  
160 (34.7 overs)
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Wellington
162/1 (32.2 overs)
Wellington won by 9 wickets
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Trevor Martin and Robert Monteith
  • Indians won the toss and elected to bat.

Three-day: Northern Districts v Indians

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20–22 January 1976
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305/7 dec. (77.7 overs)
Madan Lal 101*
Bob Cunis 3/68 (19 overs)
240/6 dec. (75 overs)
Andrew Roberts 104*
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 2/57 (27 overs)
199 (41.7 overs)
Surinder Amarnath 59
Cliff Dickeson 4/80 (13.7overs)
123 (38.1 overs)
Andrew Roberts 36
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4/43 (15 overs)
Indians won by 141 runs
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Fred Goodall and John Hastie
  • Indians won the toss and elected to bat.

Three-day: Otago v Indians

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31 January–2 February 1976
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304/5d (96 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 130
Brian McKechnie 3/64 (22 overs)
252/9d (79 overs)
Glenn Turner 121*
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 5/87 (31 overs)
144 (37.6 overs)
Parthasarathy Sharma 45
Peter Petherick 6/36 (10.6 overs)
116/2 (32.4 overs)
Henry Sampson 57
Bishan Singh Bedi 2/38 (10.4 overs)
  • Indians won the toss and elected to bat.

Test Matches

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1st Test

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24–28 January 1976
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  India
266 (87 overs)
Bevan Congdon 54
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 6/94 (30 overs)
414 (121.7 overs)
Surinder Amarnath 124
Bevan Congdon 5/65 (26.7 overs)
215 (70.2 overs)
John Parker 70
Erapalli Prasanna 8/76 (23 overs)
71/2 (14.2 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 35
Hedley Howarth 2/15 (5.2 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Dennis Copps (NZ) and Robert Monteith (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Test

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5–10 February 1976
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India  
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270 (60.6 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 83
Richard Collinge 6/63 (16.6 overs)
403 (132.1 overs)
Glenn Turner 117
Madan Lal 5/134 (43 overs)
255/6 (79 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 79
Andy Roberts 1/12 (5 overs)
Match drawn
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: Dennis Copps (NZ) and Ralph Gardiner (NZ)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

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13–17 February 1976
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India  
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220 (73.7 overs)
Brijesh Patel 81
Richard Hadlee 4/35 (14 overs)
334 (113.7 overs)
Mark Burgess 95
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 3/55 (22.5 overs)
81 (26.3 overs)
Surinder Amarnath 27
Richard Hadlee 7/23 (8.3 overs)
New Zealand won by an innings and 33 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Ralph Gardiner (NZ) and Robert Monteith (NZ)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

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1st ODI

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21 February 1976
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India  
154 (35 overs)
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  New Zealand
155/1 (30.3 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 56 (88)
Richard Collinge 5/23 (7 overs)
Glenn Turner 63* (121)
Bishan Singh Bedi 1/24 (7 overs)
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: Eric Dempster (NZ) and Mansfield Rangi (NZ)
Player of the match: Richard Collinge (NZ)

2nd ODI

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22 February 1976
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New Zealand  
236/8 (35 overs)
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  India
156 (31.6 overs)
Glenn Turner 52 (63)
B. S. Chandrasekhar 3/36 (7 overs)
Brijesh Patel 44 (51)
Dayle Hadlee 2/18 (7 overs)
New Zealand won by 80 runs
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Ralph Gardiner (NZ) and John Hastie (NZ)
Player of the match: Ken Wadsworth (NZ)
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