Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1975–76

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

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.

Tour matches

Three-day: Central Districts v Indians

15–17 January 1976
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Central Districts	v	Indians
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

19 January 1976
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Indians 160 (34.7 overs)	v	Wellington 162/1 (32.2 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 35 Jonathan Ross 3/31 (7 overs)		John Morrison 58* Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 1/22 (7 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

20–22 January 1976
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Northern Districts	v	Indians
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

31 January–2 February 1976
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Indians	v	Otago
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)

Match drawn
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: Eric Dempster and Ernest Wainscott

Indians won the toss and elected to bat.

Test Matches

1st Test

24–28 January 1976
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New Zealand	v	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

5–10 February 1976
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India	v	New Zealand
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

13–17 February 1976
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India	v	New Zealand
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

1st ODI

21 February 1976
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India 154 (35 overs)	v	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)

India won the toss and elected to bat.
Parthasarathy Sharma, Dilip Vengsarkar and Syed Kirmani (all Ind), and Jock Edwards (NZ) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

22 February 1976
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New Zealand 236/8 (35 overs)	v	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)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
Sudhakar Rao, Pochiah Krishnamurthy and B. S. Chandrasekhar (all Ind) made their ODI debuts.

External links

Tour home at ESPNcricinfo
India to New Zealand & West Indies 1975-76 at test-cricket-tours.co.uk
India in New Zealand and West Indies 1975/76 at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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