Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1980–81
Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1980–81 | |||
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New Zealand | India | ||
Dates | 14 February – 18 March 1981 | ||
Captains | Geoff Howarth | Sunil Gavaskar | |
Test series | |||
Result | New Zealand won the 3-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | John Reid (250) | Sandeep Patil (186) | |
Most wickets | Lance Cairns (13) | Ravi Shastri (15) | |
Player of the series | John Reid (NZ) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
Most runs | Bruce Edgar (100) | Kapil Dev (51) | |
Most wickets | Gary Troup (4) | Karsan Ghavri (5) |
The India cricket team toured New Zealand in the 1980–81 season to play a three-match Test series and a two-match One Day International (ODI) series against New Zealand. The tour also included two tour matches against New Zealand's first-class sides. After the tour ended, India played Fiji in a two-day game in Lautoka, defeating them by 220 runs.[1] New Zealand won the ODI series 2–0 and the Test series that followed 1–0. It was their first series win against India in Tests in seven attempts.[2]
India arrived in New Zealand on the back of a series-levelling win in the final Test against Australia. However, failing to capitalize on the momentum, India lost both ODIs played on consecutive days, before drawing a game against a first-class side. India missed the services of Shivlal Yadav for the entire Test series that followed, and of Dilip Doshi for the first Test after they sustained injuries on the Australia tour. New Zealand defeated India by 62 runs in the first Test, their first win against India in seven Tests, while India managed to secure draws in the next two. Wisden reasoned India's "inept batting" for their loss of the series.[3]
Tour matches
[edit]Three-day: Central Districts v Indians
[edit]17–19 February 1981 Scorecard |
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- Central Districts won the toss and elected to field.
- T. E. Srinivasan (Indians) passed 3,000 runs in first-class cricket.[4]
Three-day: Otago v Indians
[edit]ODI series
[edit]1st ODI
[edit]2nd ODI
[edit] 15 February 1981 Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Gary Robertson (NZ) made his ODI debut.
This series was the first where players wore coloured clothing played with white balls and black sighscreens used outside Australia
Test series
[edit]1st Test
[edit]21–25 February 1981 Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and decided to field.
- Kirti Azad, Ravi Shastri and Yograj Singh (Ind) and Martin Snedden (NZ) made their Test debuts.
- 24 February was a rest day.
2nd Test
[edit]3rd Test
[edit]13–18 March 1981 Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and decided to bat.
- T. E. Srinivasan (Ind) made his Test debut.
- 16 March was a rest day.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fiji v Indians". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ Ramchand, Partab. "New Zealand register their first series win against India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "The Indians in Australia and New Zealand, 1980-81". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Central Districts v Indians". Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
External links
[edit]- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo
- Tour Directory at ESPNcricinfo archives
- India in Australia and New Zealand 1980/81 at CricketArchive (subscription required)