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.
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
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New Zealand Cricket Council President's XI
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Three-day: Central Districts v Indians[]
Test Matches[]
1st Test[]
15–20 February
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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[]
22–27 February
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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]
3rd Test[]
4th Test[]
References[]
- ^ "A win by spin in Dunedin". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Cricinfo Statsguru - Test matches - Team records". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1968 in Indian cricket
- 1968 in New Zealand cricket
- Indian cricket tours of New Zealand
- International cricket competitions from 1960–61 to 1970
- New Zealand cricket seasons from 1945–46 to 1969–70