Cricket series
| New Zealand cricket team in India in 1976-77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 10 November 1976 - 30 November 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |  India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | India won 3 Match -Test series 2-0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The New Zealand national cricket team toured India in 1976–77 season. Three Tests were played, India winning the series 2–0.
Test matches
1st Test
| 10–15 November 1976 scorecard |
| India
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v |  New Zealand
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| 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 |
- India won the toss and decided to bat
2nd Test
| 18–23 November 1976 scorecard |
| India
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v | New Zealand
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| 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 won the toss and decided to bat
India's first innings is still the highest innings in Test match history that does not feature an individual century by a batsman.
3rd Test
| 26 Nov-2 Dec 1976 scorecard |
| India
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v | New Zealand
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| 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 |
- India won the toss and decided to bat
References
- CA details
- Walmsley, Keith (2003). Mosts Without in Test Cricket. Reading, England: Keith Walmsley Publishing Pty Ltd. p. 457. ISBN 0947540067..
External links
- CricketArchive
- Tour page ESPNcricinfo
- Record ESPNcricinfo
- New Zealand to Pakistan and India 1976-77 at Test Cricket Tours
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