New Zealand cricket team in India in 1976–77

New Zealand cricket team in India in 1976-77
New Zealand cricket team in India in 1976-77
Date	10 November 1976 - 30 November 1976
Location	India
Result	India won 3 Match -Test series 2-0-1
India
Teams
India	New Zealand
Captains
Bishan Singh Bedi	Glenn Turner
Most runs
Viswanath (324); Sunil Gavaskar (259); Mohinder Amarnath (229)	Glenn Turner (261); John Parker (209); Mark Burgess (175)
Most wickets
Bishan Singh Bedi (22); Chandrasekhar (17); Venkataraghavan (11)	Richard Hadlee (13); Peter Petherick (9); Lance Cairns (7)
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The New Zealand national cricket team toured India in 1976–77 season.^[1] Three Tests were played, India winning the series 2–0.

Test matches

10–15 November 1976
scorecard

India	v	New Zealand
399 (142.5 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 119 Richard Hadlee 4/95 (29 overs)		298 (153.3 overs) John Parker 104 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4/77 (44 overs)
202/4 d. (58 overs) Brijesh Patel 82 Richard Collinge 2/45 (12 overs)		141 (80.2 overs) Warren Lees 42 Bishan Singh Bedi 5/27 (33 overs)

India won by 162 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: J Reuben, B Satyaji Rao

18–23 November 1976
scorecard

India	v	New Zealand
524/9 d. (168 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 70 Peter Petherick 3/109 (45 overs)		350 (142.5 overs) Glenn Turner 113 Bishan Singh Bedi 3/80 (41 overs)
208/2 d. (52 overs) Gundappa Viswanath 103 Richard Hadlee 2/56 (15 overs)		193/7 (117 overs) Warren Lees 49 Bishan Singh Bedi 3/42 (40 overs)

Match drawn
Modi Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: MV Nagendra, MS Sivasankariah

India's first innings is still the highest innings in Test match history that does not feature an individual century by a batsman.^[2]

26 Nov-2 Dec 1976
scorecard

India	v	New Zealand
298 (133.1 overs) Gundappa Viswanath 87 Lance Cairns 5/55 (33.1 overs)		140 (55.4 overs) Mark Burgess 40 Bishan Singh Bedi 5/48 (16.4 overs)
201/5 d. (61.5 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 55 Richard Hadlee 2/52 (17 overs)		143 (67 overs) John Parker 38 Bishan Singh Bedi 4/22 (22 overs)

India won by 216 runs
Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras
Umpires: MI Ghouse, KB Ramaswami

^ CA details
^ Walmsley, Keith (2003). Mosts Without in Test Cricket. Reading, England: Keith Walmsley Publishing Pty Ltd. p. 457. ISBN 0947540067..