Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1980–81

Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1980–81
Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1980–81
	India
Dates	14 February – 18 March 1981
Captains	Sunil Gavaskar
Test series
Result	New Zealand won the 3-match series 1–0

The India national cricket team toured New Zealand from 14 February to 18 March 1981 and played a three-match Test series against New Zealand. New Zealand won the series 1–0.

Test Matches

1st Test

21–25 February 1981
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	India
375 (119 overs) Geoff Howarth 137 Ravi Shastri 3/54 (28 overs)		223 (72.4 overs) Sandeep Patil 64 Lance Cairns 5/33 (19.4 overs)
100 (49 overs) Bruce Edgar 28 Kapil Dev 4/34 (16 overs)		190 (75.3 overs) Sandeep Patil 42 Richard Hadlee 4/65 (22.3 overs)

New Zealand won by 62 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: FR Goodall, SJ Woodward
Player of the match: Geoff Howarth, sandeep Patil

India won the toss and decided to field

2nd Test

6–11 March 1981
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India	v	New Zealand
255 (127 overs) Chetan Chauhan 78 Richard Hadlee 5/47 (33 overs)		286/5 (145 overs) John Reid 123 Ravi Shastri 2/65 (42 overs)

Match drawn
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Umpires: JBR Hastie, DA Kinsella
Player of the match: John Reid

India won the toss and decided to bat

3rd Test

13–18 March 1981
Scorecard

India	v	New Zealand
238 (130.3 overs) Syed Kirmani 78 John Bracewell 4/61 (42.3 overs)		366 (186 overs) John Wright 110 Ravi Shastri 5/125 (56 overs)
284 (120.5 overs) Sandeep Patil 57 John Bracewell 5/75 (41 overs)		95/5 (62 overs) Jock Edwards 47 Dilip Doshi 2/18 (19 overs)

Match drawn
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: FR Goodall, SJ Woodward
Player of the match: John Wright, Ravi Shastri

India won the toss and decided to bat

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