The New Zealand cricket team toured India from 26 September 2003 to 15 November 2003.[1] The tour included two Tests and six ODIs as part of the TVS Cup Tri series which also involved Australia.[2]
New Zealand cricket team in India in 2003/04 | |||
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India | New Zealand | ||
Dates | 26 September – 15 November 2003 | ||
Captains | Sourav Ganguly | Stephen Fleming | |
Test series | |||
Result | 2-match series drawn 0–0 | ||
Most runs | Rahul Dravid (313) | Craig McMillan (237) | |
Most wickets | Anil Kumble (9) | Daryl Tuffey (8) | |
Player of the series | VVS Laxman (Ind) |
Squads
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India[3] | New Zealand[4] | India[5] | New Zealand[6] |
- * Sourav Ganguly played only two matches in ODI series.
- ** Chris Cairns captained the New Zealand side for one match.
Tests
edit1st Test
edit08–12 October
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- India won the toss and elected to bat
- Test Debuts: Lakshmipathy Balaji & Aakash Chopra (Ind)
2nd Test
edit16–20 October
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat
- This was Rahul Dravid's first test match as a captain
- Test Debuts: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
TVS cup Tri Series
editThe 2003–04 TVS cup was a triangular One Day International cricket tournament, played by India, New Zealand and Australia. The tournament was held in India from 23 October 2003 to 18 November 2003, and consisted of a round robin stage, in which each nation played each of the others three times. The top two teams at the end of the round robin stage then played the final match of the series.
In a close round robin, India with 16 points and Australia with 28 points from the group stage qualified for the final; New Zealand finished last with 10 points, and did not qualify for the final. Australia beat India by 37 runs in the final.
Group Stage[7] | |||||||||||
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Pos | Team | P | W | L | T | NR | BP | Points | NRR | For | Against |
1 | Australia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | +1.113 | 1464/266.3 | 1314/300 |
2 | India | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | +0.110 | 1377/250 | 1336/247.3 |
3 | New Zealand | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | -1.457 | 993/247.3 | 1184/216.3 |