Indian national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1967/68 season

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The tour of India's national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1967/68 season took place from February 19 to March 12, 1968. The international cricket tour was part of the 1967/68 international cricket season and included four tests . India won the series 3–1.

prehistory

India previously did a tour in Australia , for New Zealand it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1964/65 season in India .

Stages

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion city capacity Games
Eden Park Auckland 50,000 4th test
Lancaster Park Christchurch 38,628 2nd test
Carisbrook Dunedin 29,000 1st test
Basin Reserve Wellington 11,000 3rd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
New Zealand New Zealand India India
  • Jack Alabaster
  • Gary Bartlett
  • Mark Burgess
  • Richard Collinge
  • Bevan Congdon
  • Graham Dowling
  • Roy Harford
  • Dick Motz
  • Darrin Murray
  • Vic Pollard
  • Mathew Sinclair
  • Bruce Taylor
  • Shane Thomson
  • John Ward
  • Bryan Yuile
  • Abid Ali
  • Bishan Bedi
  • Chandu Borde
  • Ramakant Desai
  • Farokh Engineer
  • Motganhalli Jaisimha
  • Umesh Kulkarni
  • Bapu Nadkarni
  • Erapalli Prasanna
  • Venkataraman Subramanya
  • Rusi Surti
  • Ajit Wadekar
  • Nawab of Pataudi

Testing

First test in Dunedin

February
15-20 scorecard
Dunedin New Zealand New Zealand
350 (157.3) & 208 (104)
- India India
359 (124) & 200-5 (74.4)
India wins with 5 wickets

Second test in Christchurch

February
22-27 Scorecard
Christchurch New Zealand New Zealand
502 (186.3) & 88-4 (40.4)
- India India
288 (92.2) & 301 (98.5) (f / o)
New Zealand wins with 6 wickets

Third test in Wellington

February 29th - March 4th
scorecard
Wellington New Zealand New Zealand
186 (89.2) & 199 (81.2)
- India India
327 (108.1) & 59-2 (13.3)
India wins with 8 wickets

Fourth test in Auckland

March
7-12 Scorecard
Auckland India India
252 (90.4) & 261-5d (96)
- New Zealand New Zealand
140 (77.1) & 101 (61.4)
India wins with 272 runs

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