New Zealand cricket team in India in 1995–96

The New Zealand national cricket team toured India in the 1995–96 season to play three Test matches and six ODIs. India won the 3-match Test series 1–0 and the 6-match ODI series 3–2 (3rd ODI was abandoned without a ball bowled).^[1]

New Zealand's tour of India in 1995-96
	India	New Zealand
Dates	18 October 1995 – 29 November 1995
Captains	Mohammad Azharuddin	Lee Germon
Test series
Result	India won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs	Ajay Jadeja (180)	Lee Germon (91)
Most wickets	Anil Kumble (10)	Dion Nash (9)
One Day International series
Results	India won the 6-match series 3–2
Most runs	Manoj Prabhakar (145)	Nathan Astle (200)
Most wickets	Manoj Prabhakar (7)	Chris Cairns (8)
Player of the series	Manoj Prabhakar (Ind)

The third Test was heavily affected by the 1995 India cyclone. In the lunch break of the fifth ODI, nine fans were killed when part of the stand collapsed. The teams were not told about the incident, and the match continued.^[2] lee germin was made captain of new Zealand in his debut.

Test series

1st Test

18–20 October 1995 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	India
145 (65 overs) Lee Germon 48 (97) Anil Kumble 4/39 (18 overs)		228 (70.3 overs) Mohammad Azharuddin 87 (148) Chris Cairns 4/44 (17.4 overs)
233 (73.2 overs) Stephen Fleming 41 (74) Anil Kumble 5/81 (27.2 overs)		151/2 (40.5 overs) Ajay Jadeja 73 (92) Matthew Hart 2/34 (9.5 overs)

India won by 8 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: S. K. Bansal (Ind) and Mervyn Kitchen (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind)

• New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat.
• Lee Germon (NZ) made his test debut
• Anil Kumble (Ind) claimed his 100th Test wicket in the New Zealand's 1st innings.^[3]

2nd Test

25–29 October 1995 Scorecard

India	v	New Zealand
144/2 (71.1 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 52 * (88) Chris Cairns 1/18 (16 overs)

Match Drawn MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and S. Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

• No play on day 2, 3 and 5. Rain curtailed play on day 1 and day 4.
• India won the toss and chose to bat.
• Roger Twose (NZ) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

8–12 November 1995 Scorecard

India	v	New Zealand
296/8 (89.5 overs) Ajay Jadeja 45 (71) Dion Nash 4/62 (29 overs)		175/8 (88 overs) Mark Greatbatch 50 (117) Narendra Hirwani 6/59 (31 overs)

Match Drawn Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Narendra Hirwani (Ind)

• No play on Day 2 and Day 3. Rain curtailed play on day 1.
• India won the toss and chose to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

15 November Scorecard

India  236 (49.1 overs)	v	New Zealand 237/2 (46.5 overs)
Manoj Prabhakar 83 (118) Chris Cairns 2/33 (9.1 overs)		Martin Crowe 107* (129) Manoj Prabhakar 1/36 (7 overs)

New Zealand won by 8 wickets Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: Chandra Sathe (Ind) and KS Giridharan (Ind) Player of the match: Martin Crowe (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• ODI debut : Roger Twose (NZ)

2nd ODI

18 November Scorecard

New Zealand  145 (44.1 overs)	v	India 146/4 (43.4 overs)
Nathan Astle 59 (86) Manoj Prabhakar 5/33 (10 overs)		Sanjay Manjrekar 44* (78) Dion Nash 1/17 (6 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar Umpires: Subroto Porel (Ind) and SK Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Manoj Prabhakar (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

21 November Scorecard

India	v	New Zealand

Match abandoned Fatorda Stadium, Margao Umpires: Raman Sharma (Ind) and Sekhon (Ind)

• No toss
• Match was abandoned due to rain.

4th ODI

24 November Scorecard

New Zealand  235/6 (50 overs)	v	India 236/5 (45.5 overs)
Chris Cairns 103 (87) Sachin Tendulkar 2/49 (9 overs)		Mohammad Azharuddin 58 (68) Chris Cairns 3/37 (10 overs)

India won by 5 wickets Nehru Stadium, Pune Player of the match: Chris Cairns (NZ)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

26 November Scorecard

New Zealand  348/8 (50 overs)	v	India 249 (39.3 overs)
Nathan Astle 114 (128) Anil Kumble 2/48 (10 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 65 (59) Shane Thomson 3/63 (9.3 overs)

New Zealand won by 99 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: Suresh Shastri (Ind) and Narendra Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Nathan Astle (NZ)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

6th ODI

29 November Scorecard

New Zealand  126 (35 overs)	v	India 128/4 (32 overs)
Lee Germon 29 (51) Anil Kumble 3/17 (8 overs)		Vinod Kambli 48 (34) Simon Doull 3/42 (6 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Ivaturi Shivram (Ind) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Javagal Srinath (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to field.