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

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
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)

The New Zealand national cricket team toured India in 1976-77 season.^[1] The two teams played three Tests. India won test series 2-0.

Test matches

1st Test

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

India won the toss and decided to bat

2nd Test

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 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.^[2]

3rd Test

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

India won the toss and decided to bat

References

Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.

Use <references />, or <references group="..." />

External links

↑ The Home of CricketArchive
↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..

[1] The Home of CricketArchive

[Walmsley-2] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..

[1]

[2]

v t e International cricket tours of India
Test and LOI tours
Australia	1956–57 1959–60 1964–65 1969–70 1979–80 1984–85 1986–87 1996–97 1997–98 2000–01 2004–05 2007 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2012–13 2013–14
Bangladesh	2016
England	1933–34 1951–52 1961–62 1963–64 1972–73 1976–77 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1992–93 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2011–12 2012–13 2016–17
New Zealand	1955–56 1964–65 1969–70 1976–77 1988–89 1995–96 1999–2000 2003–04 2010–11 2012 2016–17
Pakistan	1952–53 1960–61 1979–80 1983–84 1986–87 1998–99 2004–05 2007–08 2012–13
South Africa	1991–92 1996–97 1999–2000 2004–05 2005–06 2007–08 2009–10 2015–16
Sri Lanka	1982–83 1986–87 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2005–06 2006–07 2009–10 2014-15 2015–16
West Indies	1948–49 1958–59 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79 1983–84 1986–87 1987–88 1994–95 2002–03 2006–07 2011–12 2013–14 2014-15
Zimbabwe	1992–93 2000–01 2001–02
Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1987 1989 1990–91 1993 1994–95 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1997–98 1998–99 2003 2006 2011
Other tours
Australian	1935–36 1945–46
Bangladeshi	1983–84 2015–16
Ceylonese/Sri Lankan	1932–33 1940–41 1952–53 1955–56 1957–58 1959–60 1961–62 1964–65 1966–67 1968–69 1970–71 1972–73 1974–75 1975–76
Dutch	1994–95 2012–13
English	1889–90 1892–93 1926–27 1937–38 1956–57 1963–64 1994–95 2005–06
Kenyan	1999–00 2011–12
Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1953–54 1961–62 1964–65 1967–68
Tanzanian	2006–07

New Zealand cricket team in India in 1976–77

Contents

Test matches

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

References

External links

Navigation menu

Personal tools

Namespaces

Variants

Views

More

Search

Navigation

Tools