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.
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| 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 (162) | Virender Sehwag (259) | |
| Most wickets | Ian Butler (3) | Harbhajan Singh (5) | |
| 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) | |
Squads
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]
Test
Team India Squad for ODI
- MS Dhoni - Captain/Wicket Keeper
- Virender Sehwag - Vice Captain
- Dinesh Karthik - Wicket Keeper
- Gautam Gambhir
- Harbhajan Singh
- Irfan Pathan
- Ishant Sharma
- Munaf Patel
- Pragyan Ojha
- Praveen Kumar
- Rohit Sharma
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Suresh Raina
- Yusuf Pathan
- Yuvraj Singh
- Zaheer Khan
Indian Squad for Twenty20
- MS Dhoni - Captain/Wicket Keeper
- Virender Sehwag - Vice Captain
- Dinesh Karthik - Wicket Keeper
- Gautam Gambhir
- Harbhajan Singh
- Irfan Pathan
- Ishant Sharma
- Munaf Patel
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Rohit Sharma
- Pragyan Ojha
- Praveen Kumar
- Suresh Raina
- Yusuf Pathan
- Yuvraj Singh
- Zaheer Khan
New Zealand Squad for Twenty20
- Daniel Vettori - Captain
- Neil Broom
- Ian Butler
- Grant Elliott
- Martin Guptill
- Brendon McCullum - Wicketkeeper
- Nathan McCullum
- Iain O'Brien
- Jacob Oram
- Jesse Ryder
- Tim Southee
- Ross Taylor
- Ewen Thompson
Grounds
- AMI Stadium, Christchurch - Cap 36,500
- Basin Reserve, Wellington - Cap 11,600
- Eden Park, Auckland - Cap 50,000
- McLean Park, Napier - Cap 16,500
- Seddon Park, Hamilton - Cap 10,000
- Westpac Stadium, Wellington - Cap 33,500
T20I Series
1st T20I
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
2nd T20I
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
ODI series
1st ODI
3 March 2009 Scorecard |
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- 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
6 March 2009 Scorecard |
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- 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
4th ODI
11 March 2009 Scorecard |
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Virender Sehwag 125* (74) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ewen Thompson (NZ) made his ODI debut.
5th ODI
Test series
First Test
18–22 March 2009 Scorecard |
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39/0 (5.2 overs) Gautam Gambhir 30* (18) |
- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Martin Guptill (NZ) made his debut in Tests.
- Jesse Ryder (NZ) scored his maiden century in Tests.[3]
- Brendon McCullum (NZ) passed 2,000 runs in Tests.[4]
- Zaheer Khan (Ind) claimed his 200th wicket in Tests.[4]
- This was India first Test win in New Zealand in 33 years.[5]
Second Test
3rd Test
References
- Menon, Suresh. "A bird in hand, Dhoni leaves the second in the bush." Dreamcricket, 8 April 2009.
Notes
- Dhawal Kulkarni receives maiden call-up,
- Oram, Taylor return but concerns grow over Mills,
- "Cricket: Daniel Vettori and Jesse Ryder hit hundreds for New Zealand against India in Hamilton". The Guardian. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- India in New Zealand 2008/09 (1st Test) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- "India end drought with thumping win". ESPNcricinfo. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2019.