Crunching the numbers - BLACKCAPS v India

Played: 47, won 9, lost 15, drawn 23.
In India: Played 26, won 2, lost 10, drawn 14.

Highest scores

NZ: 630-6 dec at Mohali, 2003.
India: 583-7 dec at Ahmedabad, 1999.

Highest individual scores

NZ: Graham Dowling 239 at Christchurch, 1968.
India: Vinoo Mankad 231 at Madras, 1956.

Best bowling

NZ: Richard Hadlee 7-23 at Wellington, 1976.
India: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 8-72 at Delhi, 1965.

BLACKCAPS Test wins in India

1968 at Nagpur: BLACKCAPS 319 (Mark Burgess 89, Graham Dowling 69; Bishen Bedi 4-98) and 214 (Glenn Turner 57; Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 6-74) bt India 257 (Syed Abid Ali 63; Hedley Howarth 4-66, Burgess 3-23) and 109 (Howarth 5-34, Vic Pollard 3-21) by 167 runs.

1988 at Bombay: New Zealand 236 (John Bracewell 52; Ravi Shastri 4-45) and 279 (Andrew Jones 78, Ian Smith 54; Arshad Ayub 5-50) bt India 234 (Kris Srikkanth 94; Richard Hadlee 6-49) and 145 (Bracewell 6-51, Hadlee 4-39) by 136 runs.

BLACKCAPS matches in Ahmedabad

1999 (Draw): India 583 (Ramesh 110, Tendulkar 217*, Ganguly 125; Vettori 4-200) and 148-5 dec drew with BLACKCAPS 308 (Fleming 48, Cairns 74; Kumble 5-82) and 253-2 (Stead 78, Spearman 54*, Fleming 64*)

2003 (Draw): India 500 (Dravid 222, Ganguly 100*) and 209-6 dec (Dravid 73, Laxman 44; Wiseman 4-64) drew with BLACKCAPS 340 (Astle 103, Vettori 60; Khan 4-64) and 272-6 (Lincent 67, McMillan 83, Astle 51*; Kumble 4-95)

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