Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1989–90

The India national cricket team toured New Zealand from 22 January to 27 February 1990 and played a three-match Test series against New Zealand. New Zealand won the series 1–0.

Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1989–90
	India	New Zealand
Dates	22 January – 27 February 1990
Captains	Mohammad Azharuddin	John Wright
Test series
Result	New Zealand won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs	Mohammad Azharuddin (303)	John Wright (375)
Most wickets	Atul Wassan (7)	Danny Morrison (16)

Test Matches

1st Test

2–5 February 1990 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	India
459 (155.3 overs) John Wright 185 (443) Venkatapathy Raju 3/86 (35 overs)		164 (45.5 overs) Navjot Sidhu 51 (104) Danny Morrison 5/75 (16 overs)
2/0 (0.5 overs) Martin Snedden 1* (2) Manoj Prabhakar 0/2 (0.5 overs)		296 (91.5 overs) (f/o) Woorkeri Raman 96 (218) Richard Hadlee 4/69 (22.5 overs)

New Zealand won by 10 wickets Lancaster Park, Christchurch Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Steve Woodward (NZ) Player of the match: John Wright (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Venkatapathy Raju and Atul Wassan (both Ind) made their Test debuts.
• Richard Hadlee (NZ) claimed his 400th Test wicket.^[1]

2nd Test

9–13 February 1990 Scorecard

India	v	New Zealand
358/9d (146 overs) Manoj Prabhakar 95 (268) Danny Morrison 5/98 (38 overs)		178/1 (71 overs) John Wright 113* (208) Atul Wassan 1/48 (15 overs)

Match drawn McLean Park, Napier Umpires: Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Steve Woodward (NZ) Player of the match: John Wright (NZ)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

22–26 February 1990 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	India
391 (92.2 overs) Ian Smith 173 (136) Atul Wassan 4/108 (16.4 overs)		482 (104.3 overs) Mohammad Azharuddin 192 (259) Danny Morrison 5/145 (30 overs)
483/5d (159 overs) Andrew Jones 170 (446) Narendra Hirwani 3/143 (46 overs)		149/0 (45 overs) Woorkeri Raman 72* (142) Mark Greatbatch 0/0 (1 over)

Match drawn Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Steve Dunne (NZ) Player of the match: Ian Smith (NZ)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• Shane Thomson (NZ) and Gursharan Singh (Ind) made their Test debuts.
• Ian Smith scored the highest score by a batsman batting at number nine in Tests (173) and at the time also became the joint holder of the record for most runs scored off a six-ball Test over, striking 24 runs off Atul Wassan.