Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1975–76

Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1975–76
India
New Zealand
Dates 15 January – 22 February 1976
Captains Sunil Gavaskar Glen Turner
Test series
Result 3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Sunil Gavaskar (266) Bevan Congdon (218)
Most wickets E. A. S. Prasanna (11)
B. S. Chandrasekhar (11)
Richard Hadlee (12)

The India national cricket team toured New Zealand from 15 January to 22 February 1976 and played a three-match Test series against New Zealand. The series was drawn 1–1.

Test Matches

1st Test

24–28 January 1976
Scorecard
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266 (87 overs)
Bevan Congdon 54
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 6/94 (30 overs)
414 (121.7 overs)
Surinder Amarnath 124
Bevan Congdon 5/65 (26.7 overs)
215 (70.2 overs)
John Parker 70
Erapalli Prasanna 8/76 (23 overs)
71/2 (14.2 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 35
Hedley Howarth 2/15 (5.2 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: DEA Copps, RL Monteith
  • New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat

2nd Test

5–10 February 1976
Scorecard
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270 (60.6 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 83
Richard Collinge 6/63 (16.6 overs)
403 (132.1 overs)
Glenn Turner 117
Madan Lal 5/134 (43 overs)
255/6 (79 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 79
Andy Roberts 1/12 (5 overs)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat

3rd Test

13–17 February 1976
Scorecard
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220 (73.7 overs)
Brijesh Patel 81
Richard Hadlee 4/35 (14 overs)
334 (113.7 overs)
Mark Burgess 95
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 3/55 (22.5 overs)
81 (26.3 overs)
Surinder Amarnath 27
Richard Hadlee 7/23 (8.3 overs)
New Zealand won by an innings and 33 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: WRC Gardiner, RL Monteith
  • India won the toss and decided to bat
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