The Kiwis have not won a Test in India since 1988!

Guess which Indian batsman has scored the most runs against New Zealand?
Rajneesh Gupta tells you that and more.

When India plays New Zealand in the first Test of a three match series on Thursday, September 22, at Green Park, Kanpur, it will be a landmark moment for the hosts.

India will become only the fourth country after England, Australia and the West Indies to play 500 Tests.

Winning the series 3-0 would boost India's chances of reclaiming the No 1 spot it narrowly lost to Pakistan last month.

New Zealand have lost its last two tours here and have not won a Test in India since 1988.

Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers ahead of the series.

INDIA-NEW ZEALAND IN TEST CRICKET

HEAD-TO-HEAD

	Matches	India won	New Zealand won	Drawn
in India	31	13	2	16
in New Zealand	23	5	8	10
Overall	54	18	10	26

SERIES IN INDIA

Season	Captains		Matches	Ind	New Zealand	Drawn
1955-56	Polly Umrigar	Harry Cave	5	2	0	3
1964-65	M A K 'Tiger' Pataudi	John Reid	4	1	0	3
1969-70	M A K 'Tiger' Pataudi	Graham Dowling	3	1	1	1
1976-77	Bishan Singh Bedi	Glenn Turner	3	2	0	1
1988-89	Dilip Vengsarkar	John Wright	3	2	1	0
1995-96	Mohammad Azharuddin	Lee Germon	3	1	0	2
1999-00	Sachin Tendulkar	Stephen Fleming	3	1	0	2
2003-04	Sourav Ganguly	Stephen Fleming	2	0	0	2
2010-11	M S Dhoni	Daniel Vettori	3	1	0	2
2012	M S Dhoni	Ross Taylor	2	2	0	0
		TOTAL	31	13	2	16

• In 1955-56, Ghulam Ahmed captained India in the first Test
• In 2003-04, Rahul Dravid captained India in the second Test

 

SERIES IN NEW ZEALAND

Season	Captains		Matches	Ind	New Zealand	Drawn
1967-68	M A K 'Tiger' Pataudi	Graham Dowling	4	3	1	0
1975-76	Bishan Singh Bedi	Glenn Turner	3	1	1	1
1980-81	Sunil Gavaskar	Geoff Howarth	3	0	1	2
1989-90	Mohammad Azharuddin	John Wright	3	0	1	2
1993-94	Mohammad Azharuddin	Ken Rutherford	1	0	0	1
1998-99+	Mohammad Azharuddin	Stephen Fleming	2	0	1	1
2002-03	Sourav Ganguly	Stephen Fleming	2	0	2	0
2008-09	M S Dhoni	Daniel Vettori	3	1	0	2
2013-14	M S Dhoni	Brendon McCullum	2	0	1	1
		TOTAL	23	5	8	10

 

• In 1967-68, Bruce Sinclair captained New Zealand in the first Test
• In 1975-76, Sunil Gavaskar captained India in the first Test
• In 2008-09, Virender Sehwag captained India in the second Test

+ The First Test at Dunedin was abandoned without a ball being bowled and is excluded.

 

SUMMARY OF SERIES RESULTS

	Series	India won	New Zealand won	Drawn
in India	10	8	0	2
in New Zealand	9	2	5	2
Overall	19	10	5	4

HIGHEST INNINGS TOTALS

For India in India: 583-7 declared at Ahmedabad, 1999-00

In New Zealand: 520 at Hamilton, 2008-09

For New Zealand in India: 630-6 declared at Mohali, 2003-04

In New Zealand: 680-8 declared at Wellington, 2013-14

LOWEST INNINGS TOTALS

For India in India: 83 at Mohali, 1999-00

In New Zealand: 81 at Wellington, 1975-76

For New Zealand in India: 124 at Hyderabad, 1988-89

In New Zealand: 94 at Hamilton, 2002-03

DOUBLE HUNDREDS

For India (6)

231: Vinoo Mankad at Madras, 1955-56

223: Vinoo Mankad at Bombay, 1955-56

223: Polly Umrigar at Hyderabad, 1955-56

222: Rahul Dravid at Ahmedabad, 2003-04

217: Sachin Tendulkar at Ahmedabad, 1999-00

200*: Dilip Sardesai at Bombay, 1964-65

 

For New Zealand (6)

302: Brendon McCullum at Wellington, 2013-14

239: Graham Dowling at Christchruch, 1967-68

230*: Bert Sutcliffe at Delhi, 1955-56

225: Brendon McCullum at Hyderabad, 2010-11

224: Brendon McCullum at Auckland, 2013-14

201: Jesse Ryder at Napier, 2008-09

Note: The highest individual Test innings by an Indian in New Zealand is 192 by Mohammad Azharuddin at Auckland in 1989-90

 

INDIVIDUAL HUNDREDS

For India (50) -- most by Rahul Dravid (6)

For New Zealand (43) -- most by Brendon McCullum (4)

 

LEADING BATSMEN

Player	For	Matches	Runs	Highest Score	Average	100	50
Rahul Dravid	India	15	1,659	222	63.81	6	6
Sachin Tendulkar	India	24	1,595	217	46.91	4	8
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	10	1,224	302	68.00	4	2
Graham Dowling	New Zealand	11	964	239	48.20	3	2
Bert Sutcliffe	New Zealand	9	885	230*	68.08	3	3
Virender Sehwag	India	12	883	173	44.15	2	3
V V S Laxman	India	10	818	124*	58.43	2	6
John Wright	New Zealand	9	804	185	61.85	3	3
Mohammad Azharuddin	India	12	796	192	61.23	2	3
Mark Burgess	New Zealand	13	725	95	30.21	0	6

TEN WICKETS OR MORE IN A MATCH

For India (4)

12/85 (6/31, 6/99): R Ashwin at Hyderabad, 2012

12/152 (8/72, 4/80): S Venkataraghavan at Delhi, 1964-65

11/140 (3/64, 8/76): E A S Prasanna at Auckland, 1975-76

10/134 (4/67, 6/67): Anil Kumble at Kanpur, 1999-00

 

For New Zealand (2)

11/58 (4/35, 7/23): Richard Hadlee at Wellington, 1975-76

10/88 (6/49, 4/39): Richard Hadlee at Bombay, 1988-89

 

SEVEN WICKETS OR MORE IN AN INNINGS

In addition to those listed above, the following have taken seven wickets or more in an innings:

For India

7/128: Subhash Gupte at Hyderabad, 1955-56

For New Zealand

7/64: Tim Southee at Bangalore, 2012

7/65: Simon Doull at Wellington, 1998-99

LEADING BOWLERS

Player	For	Matches	Wickets	Best	Average	Strike Rate	5I	10M
Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	14	65	7/23	22.97	47.78	4	2
B S Singh Bedi	India	12	57	6/42	19.14	68.12	4	0
E A S Prasanna	India	10	55	8/76	20.13	53.56	4	1
Anil Kumble	India	11	50	6/67	25.86	72.20	3	1
Zaheer Khan	India	13	47	5/29	31.45	59.15	4	0
S Venkataraghavan	India	10	44	8/72	22.82	76.77	2	1
Harbhajan Singh	India	13	43	6/63	33.12	80.49	1	0
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	15	40	6/127	48.42	106.60	2	0
B S Chandrasekhar	India	8	36	6/94	27.14	66.17	1	0
Subhash Gupte	India	5	34	7/128	19.68	62.94	4	0