Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2008–09

The Indian cricket team toured New Zealand from 25 February to 7 April 2009, playing a Test match series with New Zealand for the first time in five years. The tour included three Tests, five ODIs and two T20Is. New Zealand won both the T20Is. India won both the ODI series 3–1 and Test series 1–0.

Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2009
 
  New Zealand India
Dates 25 February – 7 April
Captains Daniel Vettori Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Test series
Result India won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs Jesse Ryder (327) Gautam Gambhir (445)
Most wickets Chris Martin (14) Harbhajan Singh (16)
One Day International series
Results India won the 5-match series 3–1
Most runs Jesse Ryder (262) Virender Sehwag (259)
Most wickets Ian Butler (3) Harbhajan Singh (5)
Player of the series Virender Sehwag (Ind)
Twenty20 International series
Results New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Brendon McCullum (125) Suresh Raina (61)
Most wickets Iain O'Brien (4) Harbhajan Singh (2)
Player of the series Brendon McCullum (NZ)

Squads

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The Indian Squads were announced on 13 February. Dhawal Kulkarni got his maiden call up to the national squad, having been selected for the test squad after a strong debut Ranji trophy season where he was the highest wicket taker. L Balaji made a return to the Test squad after a five-year hiatus having last played in a test in 2004. Balaji was dropped from the ODI squad after he played in a single match in the previous tour, he was replaced by the now fit Munaf Patel. In the test squad Balaji replaced Pragyan Ojha with the selectors opting for an extra seamer instead of an extra spinner for the tour. Ojha retained his place in the ODI and T20 squads. Subramaniam Badrinath was dropped from the test squad in favour of reserve Wicket-Keeper Dinesh Karthik after Karthik too had a strong Ranji trophy season. Karthik was selected for all three squads, replacing Jadeja in the ODI squad. Ravindra Jadeja's impressive ODI debut was rewarded with a call up to the Twenty20 squad but Jadeja will be replaced by Sachin Tendulkar for the subsequent ODI series. Munaf Patel made a return to all three squads after having to pull out midway through the previous tour of Sri Lanka due to injury. Harbhajan Singh also made a return to all three squads after having to pull out at the beginning of the previous tour to Sri Lanka due to injury.[1]

The New Zealand squad for the T20's was announced on 21 February. Jacob Oram Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor returned after their injury. Oram however will only play as a batsman. Kyle Mills was injured and was replaced by Ewen Thompson. Ryder replaced Peter Fulton[2]

T20Is ODIs Tests
  New Zealand[3][4]   India[5][6]   New Zealand[7][8][9]   India[10][5]   New Zealand[11][12][13][14][15][16]   India[17][5]

Grounds

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T20I Series

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1st T20I

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25 February 2009
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  
162/8 (20 overs)
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  New Zealand
166/3 (18.5 overs)
Suresh Raina 61* (43)
Ian Butler 2/29 (4 overs)
Brendon McCullum 56* (49)
Harbhajan Singh 1/19 (4 overs)
New Zealand won by 7 wickets
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ)
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

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27 February 2009
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  
149/6 (20 overs)
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  New Zealand
150/5 (20 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 50 (34)
Iain O'Brien 2/30 (4 overs)
Brendon McCullum 69* (55)
Irfan Pathan 2/41 (4 overs)
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

ODI series

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1st ODI

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3 March 2009
Scorecard
India  
273/4 (38 overs)
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  New Zealand
162/9 (28 overs)
MS Dhoni 84* (89)
Daniel Vettori 1/42 (8 overs)
Martin Guptill 64 (70)
Harbhajan Singh 3/27 (4 overs)
India won by 53 runs (D/L)
McLean Park, Napier
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain during the Indian innings reduced the match to 38 overs per side and further rain during the New Zealand innings reduced it to 28 overs.

2nd ODI

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6 March 2009
Scorecard
India  
188/4 (28.4 overs)
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Sachin Tendulkar 61 (69)
Daniel Vettori 1/14 (3 overs)
No result
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Evan Watkin (NZ)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain reduced the match to 34 overs per side and subsequent rain after 28.4 overs of the Indian innings allowed no further play.
  • Peter McGlashan (NZ) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

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8 March 2009
Scorecard
India  
392/4 (50 overs)
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  New Zealand
334 (45.1 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 163 (133)
Kyle Mills 2/58 (10 overs)
Jesse Ryder 105 (80)
Harbhajan Singh 2/56 (10 Overs)
India won by 58 runs
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

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11 March 2009
Scorecard
New Zealand  
270/5 (47 overs)
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  India
201/0 (23.3 overs)
Brendon McCullum 77 (95)
Ishant Sharma 2/57 (8 overs)
India won by 84 runs (D/L)
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ewen Thompson (NZ) made his ODI debut.

5th ODI

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14 March 2009
Scorecard
India  
149 (36.3 overs)
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  New Zealand
151/2 (23.2 overs)
Rohit Sharma 43* (74)
Jesse Ryder 3/29 (9 overs)
Jesse Ryder 63 (49)
Praveen Kumar 1/22 (4 overs)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Jesse Ryder (NZ)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

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First Test

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18–22 March 2009
Scorecard
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  India
279 (78.2 overs)
Daniel Vettori 118 (164)
Ishant Sharma 4/73 (19.2 overs)
520 (152.4 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 160 (260)
Chris Martin 3/98 (30 overs)
279 (102.3 overs)
Brendon McCullum 84 (135)
Harbhajan Singh 6/63 (28 overs)
39/0 (5.2 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 30* (18)
India won by 10 wickets
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

Second Test

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26–30 March 2009
Scorecard
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  India
619/9d (154.4 overs)
Jesse Ryder 201 (328)
Ishant Sharma 5/95 (27 overs)
305 (93.5 overs)
Rahul Dravid 83 (226)
Chris Martin 3/89 (24 overs)
476/4 (180 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 137 (436)
Jeetan Patel 2/120 (45 overs)
Match drawn
McLean Park, Napier
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI), Ian Gould (Eng) and Evan Watkin (NZ)
Player of the match: Jesse Ryder (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

Third Test

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3–7 April 2009
Scorecard
India  
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379 (92.1 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 62 (85)
Chris Martin 4/98 (25.1 overs)
197 (65 overs)
Ross Taylor 42 (92)
Zaheer Khan 5/65 (18 overs)
434/7d (116 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 167 (257)
Chris Martin 3/70 (22 overs)
281/8 (94.3 overs)
Ross Taylor 107 (165)
Harbhajan Singh 4/59 (33 overs)
Match drawn
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Dhawal Kulkarni receives maiden call-up,
  2. ^ Oram, Taylor return but concerns grow over Mills,
  3. ^ "Oram, Taylor return but concerns grow over Mills". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  4. ^ "New Zealand Twenty20 Squad - New Zealand Squad - India tour of New Zealand, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  5. ^ a b c "Dhawal Kulkarni receives maiden call-up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  6. ^ "India Twenty20 Squad - India Squad - India tour of New Zealand, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  7. ^ "Butler makes comeback to one-day squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  8. ^ "New Zealand Squad - ODIs 1-3 - India tour of New Zealand, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  9. ^ "New Zealand Squad - 4th and 5th ODI - India tour of New Zealand, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  10. ^ "India One-Day Squad - India Squad - India tour of New Zealand, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  11. ^ "Uncapped Brent Arnel makes New Zealand Test squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  12. ^ "Injured O'Brien and Flynn retained for second Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  13. ^ "Flynn and Southee return to Test squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  14. ^ "New Zealand Squad - 1st Test - India tour of New Zealand, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  15. ^ "New Zealand Squad - 2nd Test - India tour of New Zealand, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  16. ^ "New Zealand Squad - 3rd Test - India tour of New Zealand, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  17. ^ "India Test Squad - India Squad - India tour of New Zealand, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  18. ^ "Cricket: Daniel Vettori and Jesse Ryder hit hundreds for New Zealand against India in Hamilton". The Guardian. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  19. ^ a b India in New Zealand 2008/09 (1st Test) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  20. ^ "India end drought with thumping win". ESPNcricinfo. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2019.