The New Zealand cricket team toured India in October and November 2024 to play three Test matches against India cricket team. The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. 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.
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 This was India's first Test series defeat at home since England beat them in 2012.
Squads 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 Mohammed Siraj Washington Sundar Kuldeep Yadav Tom Latham (c) Tom Blundell (wk) Michael Bracewell 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 Tim Southee Kane Williamson Will Young India named Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mayank Yadav, and Prasidh Krishna as travelling reserves. On 20 October 2024, Washington Sundar was added to India’s squad for the second and third Tests. On 29 October, Harshit Rana was added to India’s squad for the third Test.
New Zealand named Michael Bracewell for only the first match, whereas Ish Sodhi was named for the second and third matches only. On 15 October 2024, Ben Sears was ruled out of the Test series due to knee injury, with Jacob Duffy named as his replacement. On 22 October, Kane Williamson was ruled out of the second Test due to his rehabilitation from a groin strain. He missed the first Test for the same reason. On 29 October, Williamson was ruled out of the third Test.
Test series 1st Test
2nd Test
3rd Test
Statistics
Leading run-scorers
+ Rank Name Runs Matches Innings 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 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
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References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo