Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1967–68

Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1967-68
Teams India New Zealand
Dates 15 February 1968 – 12 March 1968
Captains Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Graham Dowling
Number of Tests 4
Tests won 3 1
Most runs (Tests) Ajit Wadekar 328 Graham Dowling 471
Most wickets (Tests) E. A. S. Prasanna 24 Dick Motz 15

Contents

Squads

 New Zealand  India
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

President's XI

5 February - 7 February
Scorecard		 NZ Cricket Council President's XI
202 (91.5 overs)		 v  India
105 (49.3 overs)		 Match Drawn
Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
Umpires: Dennis Copps and Trevor Martin
Mark Burgess 42
E. A. S. Prasanna 4/70 (29 overs)		 Ramesh Saxena 21
Neville Huxford 3/31 (15 overs)
232/6 declared (73 overs) 264/7 (109 overs)
Keith Thomson 78
Bishan Singh Bedi 2/45 (16 overs)		 Rusi Surti 88
Martin Horton 2/45 (26 overs)

Central Districts

9 February - 12 February
Scorecard		 Central Districts
185 (84.1 overs)		 v  India
363 (99.3 overs)		 India won by an innings and 32 runs
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Umpires: Ross Allen and Dick Shortt
Bryan Yuile 55
Syed Abid Ali 4/47 (33 overs)		 Ajit Wadekar 122
Lindsay Sparks 4/63 (24.3 overs)
146 (60.3 overs)
Maurice Ryan 42
Bapu Nadkarni 3/13 (12 overs)
  • 11 February was a rest day.

Test Matches

1st Test

15 February - 20 February
Scorecard		  New Zealand
350 (157.3 overs)		 v  India
359 (124 overs)		 India won by 5 wickets
Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand
Umpires: Dennis Copps and Trevor Martin
Graham Dowling 143
Syed Abid Ali 4/26 (15 overs)		 Ajit Wadekar 80
Dick Motz 5/86 (34 overs)
208 (104 overs) 200/5 (74.4 overs)
Bruce Murray 54
E. A. S. Prasanna 6/94 (40 overs)		 Ajit Wadekar 71
Jack Alabaster 3/48 (22 overs)
  • 18 February was a rest day.
  • This was India's first win abroad. [1]

2nd Test

22 February - 27 February
Scorecard		  New Zealand
502 (186.3 overs)		 v  India
288 (92.2 overs)		 New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand
Umpires: Fred Goodall and Dick Shortt
Graham Dowling 239 (519)
Bishan Singh Bedi 6/127 (47.3 overs)		 Rusi Surti 67
Dick Motz 6/63 (21 overs)
88/4 (40.4 overs) 301 (98.5 overs) (following on)
Bevan Congdon 61
Bishan Singh Bedi 2/21 (17 overs)		 Farokh Engineer 63
Gary Bartlett 6/38 (16.5 overs)
  • 25 February was a rest day. This was New Zealand's first Test victory over India.[2]

3rd Test

29 February - 5 March
Scorecard		  New Zealand
186 (89.2 overs)		 v  India
327 (108.1 overs)		 India won by 8 wickets
Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Umpires: Dennis Copps and Trevor Martin
Mark Burgess 66
E. A. S. Prasanna 5/32 (18.2 overs)		 Ajit Wadekar 143
Richard Collinge 3/65 (18 overs)
199 (81.2 overs) 59/2 (13.3 overs)
Mark Burgess 60
Bapu Nadkarni 6/43 (30 overs)		 Syed Abid Ali 36
Bruce Murray 1/0 (1 over)
  • 3 March was a rest day.

4th Test

7 March - 12 March
Scorecard		  India
252 (90.4 overs)		 v  New Zealand
140 (77.1 overs)		 India won by 272 runs
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Umpires: Dennis Copps and Trevor Martin
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 51
Dick Motz 4/51 (26.4 overs)		 Bevan Congdon 27
E. A. S. Prasanna 4/44 (28.1 overs)
261/5 declared (96 overs) 101 (61.4 overs)
Rusi Surti 99
Bruce Taylor 2/60 (22 overs)		 Graham Dowling 37
E. A. S. Prasanna 4/40 (27 overs)
  • 10 March was a rest day.

References

  1. ^ Cricinfo
  2. ^ "Cricinfo Statsguru - Test matches - Team records". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;opposition=6;result=1;spanmax1=26+Nov+2008;spanval1=span;team=5;template=results;type=team;view=results. Retrieved 2008-11-26. 
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