New Zealand national cricket team in India in the 1969/70 season

The New Zealand national cricket team's tour to India in the 1969/70 season took place from September 25 to October 20, 1969. The international cricket tour was part of the 1969/70 international cricket season and included three tests . The series ended 1-1 in a draw.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1967/68 season in New Zealand .

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Brabourne Stadium	Bombay	25,000	1st test
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium	Hyderabad	25,000	3rd test
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	Nagpur	45,000	2nd test

Both teams named the following squads.

test
India	New Zealand
Syed Abid Ali Bishan Bedi Rajesh Chauhan Farokh Engineer Ashok Gandotra Prince Indrajitsinhji Motganhalli Jaisimha Ashok Mankad Ajit Pai Erapalli Prasanna Pranab Roy Hanumant Singh Eknath Solkar Rusi Surti Srinivas Venkataraghavan Ajit Wadekar Nawab of Pataudi	Mark Burgess Bevan Congdon Bob Cunis Graham Dowling Dayle Hadlee Brian Hastings Hedley Howarth Darrin Murray Vic Pollard Bruce Taylor Glenn Turner Ken Wadsworth Bryan Yuile

September 25th - 30th scorecard	Bombay (LBS)	India 156 (66.2) & 260 (136.2)	-	New Zealand 229 (117.3) & 127 (69.5)
		India wins with 60 runs

October 3rd - 8th scorecard	Nagpur	New Zealand 319 (130) & 214 (105.1)	-	India 257 (99.2) & 109 (55.5)
		New Zealand wins with 167 runs

October 15-20 scorecard	Hyderabad (BS)	New Zealand 181 (99.1) & 89 (82)	-	India 175-8d (54.2) & 76-7 (46.4)
		draw