Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2002–03

The India national cricket team toured New Zealand from 4 December 2002 to 14 January 2003 and played a two-match test series along with seven-match one-day international series against New Zealand. New Zealand won the test series 2–0 and also won the ODI series 5–2.

Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2002-03
 
  India New Zealand
Dates 4 December 2002 – 14 January 2003
Captains Sourav Ganguly Stephen Fleming
Test series
Result New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Rahul Dravid (131) Mark Richardson (144)
Most wickets Zaheer Khan (11) Daryl Tuffey (13)
One Day International series
Results New Zealand won the 7-match series 5–2
Most runs Virender Sehwag (299) Stephen Fleming (157)
Most wickets Javagal Srinath (18) Andre Adams (14)

Test Matches

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1st Test

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12–16 December 2002
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India  
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161 (58.4 overs)
Rahul Dravid 76 (173)
Scott Styris 3/28 (6 overs)
247 (91.1 overs)
Mark Richardson 89 (245)
Zaheer Khan 5/53 (25 overs)
121 (38.1 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 51 (74)
Shane Bond 4/33 (13.1 overs)
36/0 (9.3 overs)
Lou Vincent 21* (30)
Harbhajan Singh 0/2 (2 overs)
New Zealand won by 10 wickets
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Mark Richardson (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and decided to field.
  • Jacob Oram (NZ) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

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19–23 December 2002
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India  
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99 (38.2 overs)
VVS Laxman 23 (46)
Daryl Tuffey 4/12 (9 overs)
94 (38.2 overs)
Stephen Fleming 21 (66)
Zaheer Khan 5/29 (13.2 overs)
154 (43.5 overs)
Rahul Dravid 39 (100)
Daryl Tuffey 4/41 (16 overs)
160/6 (56.2 overs)
Stephen Fleming 32 (58)
Ashish Nehra 3/34 (16.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Daryl Tuffey (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and decided to field.
  • This was the first time in 21 years that players of either team failed to score a Test half-century.[1]

ODI Series

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1st ODI

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26 December 2002
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India  
108 (32.5 overs)
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  New Zealand
109/7 (37.4 overs)
Shiv Sunder Das 30 (60)
Jacob Oram 5/26 (10 overs)
Jacob Oram 27* (54)
Javagal Srinath 4/23 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 3 wickets
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Asoka De Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Jacob Oram (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

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29 December 2002
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  New Zealand
254/9 (50 overs)
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  India
219 (43.4 overs)
Mathew Sinclair 78 (126)
Javagal Srinath 3/34 (10 overs)
Virender Sehwag 108 (119)
Kyle Mills 3/45 (9.4 overs)
New Zealand won by 35 runs
McLean Park, Napier
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Asoka De Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

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1 January 2003
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India  
108 (41.1 overs)
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  New Zealand
109/5 (26.5 overs)
Rahul Dravid 20 (59)
Paul Hitchcock 3/30 (8 overs)
Nathan Astle 32 (30)
Ajit Agarkar 3/26 (8.5 overs)
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Asoka De Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Daryl Tuffey (NZ)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

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4 January 2003
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India  
122 (43.4 overs)
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  New Zealand
123/3 (25.4 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 25 (61)
Andre Adams 5/22 (8.4 overs)
Stephen Fleming 47 (59)
Javagal Srinath 3/35 (9.4 overs)
New Zealand won by 7 wickets
Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Asoka De Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Andre Adams (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

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8 January 2003
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New Zealand  
168 (42.4 overs)
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  India
169/8 (43.2 overs)
Andre Adams 35 (27)
Zaheer Khan 3/30 (8 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 54 (85)
Scott Styris 2/29 (9 overs)
India won by 2 wickets
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Daryl Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: Zaheer Khan (Ind)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

6th ODI

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11 January 2003
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New Zealand  
199/9 (50 overs)
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  India
200/9 (48.5 overs)
Lou Vincent 53 (107)
Javagal Srinath 3/13 (10 overs)
Virender Sehwag 112 (139)
Andre Adams 3/41 (9.5 overs)
India won by 1 wicket
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Daryl Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (NZ)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

7th ODI

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11 January 2003
Scorecard
India  
122 (44.5 overs)
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  New Zealand
125/4 (28.4 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 33 (58)
Andre Adams 4/21 (8.5 overs)
Stephen Fleming 60 (92)
Javagal Srinath 2/28 (8.4 overs)
New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Daryl Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: Stephen Fleming (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

References

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  1. ^ "Best day of series saw New Zealand bat their way to win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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