New Zealand cricket team in India in 2024–25

Not to be confused with New Zealand women's cricket team in India in 2024–25.

New Zealand cricket team in India in 2024–25
	India	New Zealand
Dates	16 October – 5 November 2024
Captains	Rohit Sharma	Tom Latham
Test series
Result	New Zealand won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Rishabh Pant (261)	Rachin Ravindra (256)
Most wickets	Ravindra Jadeja (16) Washington Sundar (16)	Ajaz Patel (15)
Player of the series	Will Young (NZ)

The New Zealand cricket team toured India in October and November 2024 to play three Test matches against India cricket team. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. ^{[4] [5]} In June 2024, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2024–25 home international season. ^[6]

Prior to the series, New Zealand had won only two test matches in India with their last win coming in the 1988-89 season. New Zealand won all the three tests in the series, setting several records in the process, including their first series victory in India and the first instance of India being whitewashed 3-0 in a Test series at home. New Zealand for the first time won 3 Test matches in same series ^{[7] [8]} This was India's first Test series defeat at home since England beat them in 2012. ^[9]

Squads

India [10]	New Zealand [11]
Rohit Sharma (c) Jasprit Bumrah (vc) Ravichandran Ashwin Akash Deep Shubman Gill Ravindra Jadeja Yashasvi Jaiswal Dhruv Jurel (wk) Sarfaraz Khan Virat Kohli Rishabh Pant (wk) Axar Patel KL Rahul Harshit Rana [a] Mohammed Siraj Washington Sundar [b] Kuldeep Yadav	Tom Latham (c) Tom Blundell (wk) Michael Bracewell [c] Mark Chapman Devon Conway Jacob Duffy Matt Henry Daryl Mitchell William O'Rourke Ajaz Patel Glenn Phillips Rachin Ravindra Mitchell Santner Ben Sears Ish Sodhi [b] Tim Southee Kane Williamson Will Young

India named Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna as travelling reserves. ^[12] On 20 October 2024, Washington Sundar was added to India’s squad for the second and third Tests. ^[13] On 29 October, Harshit Rana was added to India’s squad for the third Test. ^{[14] [15]}

New Zealand named Michael Bracewell for only the first match whereas Ish Sodhi for the second and third matches only. ^[16] On 15 October 2024, Ben Sears was ruled out of the Test series due to knee injury, ^[17] with Jacob Duffy named as his replacement. ^[18] On 22 October, Kane Williamson was ruled out of the second Test due to his rehabilitation from a groin strain. ^[19] Before he was missed the first Test for the same reason. ^[16] On 29 October, Williamson was ruled out of the third Test. ^{[20] [21]}

Test series

1st Test

16–20 October 2024 Scorecard

India	v	New Zealand
46 (31.2 overs) Rishabh Pant 20 (49) Matt Henry 5/15 (13.2 overs)		402 (91.3 overs) Rachin Ravindra 134 (157) Ravindra Jadeja 3/72 (20 overs)
462 (99.3 overs) Sarfaraz Khan 150 (195) William O'Rourke 3/92 (21 overs)		110/2 (27.4 overs) Will Young 48* (76) Jasprit Bumrah 2/29 (8 overs)

New Zealand won by 8 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Rachin Ravindra (NZ)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• No play was possible on Day 1 due to rain. ^[22]
• India recorded their third-lowest Test score, which was their lowest at home. ^{[23] [24]}
• Matt Henry became the joint second-fastest player to take 100 wickets in Tests for New Zealand. ^{[25] [26]}
• Virat Kohli (Ind) scored his 9,000th run in Tests. ^[27]
• Sarfaraz Khan (Ind) scored his first century in Tests. ^[28]
• This was New Zealand's first Test win against India in India after 36 years. ^[29]
• World Test Championship points: New Zealand 12, India 0.

2nd Test

24–26 October 2024 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	India
259 (79.1 overs) Devon Conway 76 (141) Washington Sundar 7/59 (23.1 overs)		156 (45.3 overs) Ravindra Jadeja 38 (46) Mitchell Santner 7/53 (19.3 overs)
255 (69.4 overs) Tom Latham 86 (133) Washington Sundar 4/56 (19 overs)		245 (60.2 overs) Yashasvi Jaiswal 77 (65) Mitchell Santner 6/104 (29 overs)

New Zealand won by 113 runs Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Mitchell Santner (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Both Washington Sundar (Ind) and Mitchell Santner (NZ) took their first five-wicket haul ^{[30] [31]} and first ten-wicket haul in Tests. ^{[32] [33]}
• This was India's first Test series defeat at home since 2012. ^[9]
• This was New Zealand's first Test series victory in India. ^[7]
• World Test Championship points: New Zealand 12, India 0.

3rd Test

1–3 November 2024 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	India
235 (65.4 overs) Daryl Mitchell 82 (129) Ravindra Jadeja 5/65 (22 overs)		263 (59.4 overs) Shubman Gill 90 (146) Ajaz Patel 5/103 (21.4 overs)
174 (45.5 overs) Will Young 51 (100) Ravindra Jadeja 5/55 (13.5 overs)		121 (29.1 overs) Rishabh Pant 64 (57) Ajaz Patel 6/57 (14.1 overs)

New Zealand won by 25 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Ajaz Patel (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was the first time India was whitewashed 3-0 in a Test series at home. ^[8]

Statistics

Leading run-scorers

Rank	Name	Runs	Matches	Innings	HS	Average	100s	50s
1	Rishabh Pant	261	3	6	99	43.50	-	3
2	Rachin Ravindra	256	3	6	134	51.20	1	1
3	Will Young	244	3	6	71	48.80	-	2
4	Devon Conway	227	3	6	91	37.83	-	2
5	Yashasvi Jaiswal	190	3	6	77	31.66	-	1
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Leading wicket-takers

Rank	Name	Wickets	Matches	Innings	Overs	Average	Best.
1	Washington Sundar	16	2	4	70.5	14.12	7/59
2	Ravindra Jadeja	16	3	6	101.1	21.56	5/55
3	Ajaz Patel	15	3	5	77.1	23.80	6/57
4	Mitchell Santner	13	1	2	48.3	12.07	7/53
5	Matt Henry	10	2	4	48.5	15.30	5/15
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Notes

1. In squad for third Test only.
2. In squad for second and third Test only.
3. In squad for first Test only.

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External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo