New Zealand national cricket team in India for the 2003/04 season

The New Zealand national cricket team's tour to India in the 2003/04 season took place from October 8th to 20th, 2003. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003/04 international cricket season and included two 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 2002/03 season in New Zealand . The first test was originally planned in Kanpur , but was moved to Ahmedabad due to poor space .

Stages

Ahmedabad Mohali

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on July 4, 2003.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad	54,000	1st test
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Mohali	35,000	2nd test

Squad lists

New Zealand named its roster on August 19, 2003. India named its roster on October 4, 2003.

test
India	New Zealand
Sourav Ganguly ( K ) Rahul Dravid ( UK ) Lakshmipathy Balaji Aakash Chopra Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Anil Kumble VVS Laxman Parthiv Patel ( wk ) Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Yuvraj Singh	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Nathan Astle Ian Butler Robbie Hart ( wk ) Craig McMillan Jacob Oram Mark Richardson Scott Styris Daryl Tuffey Daniel Vettori Lou Vincent Paul Wiseman

Tour matches

September 26th - 30th scorecard	Visakhapatnam	Indian Board President's XI 227-1 (84.5)	-	New Zealanders
		draw

October 2-4 scorecard	Rajkot	New Zealanders 375-7d (110.5) & 68-4 (23)	-	India A 403 (132)
		draw

Testing

First test in Ahmedabad

October 8-12 scorecard	Ahmedabad	India 500-5d (159) & 209-6d (44.5)	-	New Zealand 340 (131.1) & 272-6 (107)
		draw

Second test in Mohali

October 16-20 Scorecard	Mohali	New Zealand 630-6d (198.3) & 136-4 (69)	-	India 424 (172)
		draw

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Rahul Dravid	India	2	4th	313	78.25	222	1	1
VVS Laxman	India	2	4th	279	139.50	104 *	1	2
Craig McMillan	New Zealand	2	3	237	237.00	100 *	1	2
Aakash Chopra	India	2	4th	185	46.25	60	0	2
Lou Vincent	New Zealand	2	3	180	60.00	106	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Anil Kumble	India	2	140.1	9	37.11	4/95	0	0
Daryl Tuffey	New Zealand	2	83	8th	28.87	4/80	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	India	2	122	6th	50.00	2/65	0	0
Paul Wiseman	New Zealand	2	81.5	5	55.20	4/64	0	0
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	2	139	5	66.60	2/84	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	VVS Laxman

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Rahul Dravid
2nd test	Daryl Tuffey

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BCCI confirms Ahmedabad change for first test ( English ) Cricinfo. August 5, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
2. ↑ Lynn McConnell: Indian venues decided but order unknown for NZ ( English ) Cricinfo. July 4, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
3. ↑ Bond and Cairns not in Test squad for India tour ( English ) Cricinfo. August 19, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
4. ↑ Dileep Premachandran: Chopra and Yuvraj find favor with the selectors ( English ) Cricinfo. October 4, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
5. ↑ Records / New Zealand in India Test Series, 2003/04 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
6. ↑ Records / New Zealand in India Test Series, 2003/04 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 26, 2017.