Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1967–68
International cricket tour
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 | |
Test series | |||
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) |
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.
Squads
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Barry Sinclair (c, 1st Test) | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (c) |
Graham Dowling (c, other Tests) | Farokh Engineer (wk) |
Bruce Murray | Ajit Wadekar |
Bevan Congdon | Rusi Surti |
Vic Pollard | E. A. S. Prasanna |
Mark Burgess | Syed Abid Ali |
Bryan Yuile | M. L. Jaisimha |
Bruce Taylor | Chandu Borde |
Dick Motz | Bapu Nadkarni |
Jack Alabaster | Ramakant Desai |
Roy Harford (wk) | Bishan Singh Bedi |
Keith Thomson | Umesh Kulkarni |
Gary Bartlett | Venkataraman Subramanya |
John Ward (wk) | Kumar Indrajitsinhji (wk) |
Dilip Sardesai | |
Ramesh Saxena |
Indrajitsinhji, Sardesai and Saxena did not appear in any of the four Test matches.
Tour matches
Three-day: New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI v Indians
5–7 February Scorecard |
New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI | v | |
Three-day: Central Districts v Indians
9–12 February Scorecard |
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India won by an innings and 32 runs Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, New Zealand Umpires: Ross Allen and Dick Shortt |
- 11 February was a rest day.
Test Matches
1st Test
15–20 February Scorecard |
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India won by 5 wickets Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand Umpires: Dennis Copps (NZ) and Trevor Martin (NZ) |
- 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
22–27 February Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 6 wickets Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand Umpires: Fred Goodall (NZ) and Dick Shortt (NZ) |
- 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
29 February – 5 March Scorecard |
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India won by 8 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand Umpires: Dennis Copps and Trevor Martin |
- 3 March was a rest day.
4th Test
7–12 March Scorecard |
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- 10 March was a rest day.
References
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