2012 New Zealand's Tour of India - Aug 23 - Sep 11,2012

                                                                                    

1st Test at Rajiv Gandhi Intl stadium, Hyderabad - Aug 23-27,2012

Day One - Thursday Aug 23,2012

Having won the toss,India scored 307/5 at the close of Play with
Chateshwar Pujara 119 Not Out(226b, 15x4, 1x6) - maiden Ton in 4 Tests

Gautam Gambhir 22
Virender Sehwag 47
Sachin Tendulkar 19
Virat Kohli 58
Suresh Raina 3 and
M S Dhoni 29 Not Out
Cheteshwar Pujara (left) and Virat Kohli put on 125 runs for the 4th wicket

Day Two - Friday Aug 24,2012

Resuming from the overnight score of 307/5 India were all-out for 438 in 134.3 Overs

Cheteshwar Pujara 159

M S Dhoni 73

R Aswin 37
were the top scorers for India

New Zealand ended the 2nd day  at 106/ 5 with Franklin 31 and Wicketkeeper KrugerVan Wyk 0 at the crease

Day Three - Saturday Aug 25,2012

New Zealand were all out for 159 in their first innings, losing their last 5 batsmen before lunch.When a second-session downpour ended play on the 3rd day , India had New Zealand following on in their 2nd innings at 41/ 1

  

Day Four - Sunday Aug 26,2012

New Zealand, following on in their 2nd innings, were all out for 164 an hour before the scheduled close of play.India won by an innings and 115 runs, its spinners taking 18 of the 20 wickets to fall.

Spinners Bring Victory to India

R Aswin finished the game with his first10-wicket bag in Tests, taking a match tally of 12 for 85 - the best figures for an Indian bowler in Tests versus New Zealand.(6 for 31 in the 1st innings and 6 for 54 in the2nd innings)

Pragyan Ojha had a match haul of  6 for 92(3 for 44 in the 1st innings and 3 for 48 in the 2nd innings)

India won the first test by an innings and 115 runs
Man of the Match - Ravichandran Aswin (for his 12wickets giving 85 Runs)

2nd Test at Chinnaswami Stadium, Bangalore - Aug 31-Sep 03,2012

New Zealand Scored 365 in the 1st Innings
Guptill           53 
Ross Taylor 113

Kruger van wyk        71

Bracewell     43
were the topscorers for New Zealand

Ojha 5-99
Zaheer Khan 2-83
Umesh Yadav 1-90 and 
R Aswin 1-82
were the Wickettakers for India

India Scored 353 in the 1st Innings 
Virender Sehwag 43
Virat Kohli 103

Suresh Raina 55
M S Dhoni 62 and 
R Aswin 32 Not Out
were the topscorers for India
Southee 7-64
Bracewell 2-91 and
Boult 1-90
were the Wickettakers for New Zealand 

New Zealand Scored 248 in the 2nd Innings
Ross Taylor 35
Franklin 41
were the topscorers for New Zealand
R Aswin 5-69
Ojha 2-49
Umesh Yadav 2-68
Zaheer Khan 1-46
were the Wickettakers for India

India Scored 262/5 in the 2nd Innings  on a target of 261 Runs
Gautam Gambhir 34
Virender Sehwag  38
Pujara                   48
Tendulkar             27
Virat Kohli           51 Not Out and

M S Dhoni           48 Not Out

Jeetan Patel 3-68
Boult           1-64
Southee       1-68 
were the Wickettakers for New Zealand 

India won the 2nd test by 5 Wickets and won the 2-match series 2-0

Man of the Match - Virat Kohli

Man of the Series - Ravichandran Aswin(took 18 Wickets) 

 
 
India Vs New Zealand Two Match T-20 Series

1st Match at Vizag abadoned due to rain
2nd Match at  M A Chidambaram Stadium,Chennai -Sep 11,2012

Scorecard
New Zealand 167/5 in 20 Overs
India 166/4 in 20 Overs

New Zealand wins by 1 Run and clinch the series 1-0