# New Zealand cricket team in India in 1988–89

The New Zealand national cricket team toured India in the 1988–89 season to play three Test matches and five ODIs. India won the 3-match Test series 2-1 and the 5-match ODI series 4-0 (5th ODI was abandoned without a ball bowled).

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 12–17 November 1988 Scorecard
* India won by 172 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: SK Ghosh (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
* India won the toss and chose to bat.
* Chris Kuggeleijn (NZ) made his Test debut.
* Navjot Singh Sidhu (Ind) scored his first century in Tests.

### 2nd Test

* 24–29 November 1988 Scorecard
* New Zealand won by 136 runs Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and VK Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match: John Bracewell (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat.
* Rashid Patel (Ind) made his Test debut.

### 3rd Test

* 2–6 December 1988 Scorecard
* India won by 10 wickets Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad (Deccan) Umpires: SK Ghosh (Ind) and Ram Gupta (Ind)
* New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat.
* Sanjeev Sharma (Ind) made his Test debut.

## One Day Internationals (ODIs)

India won the series 4–0, with one match abandoned.

### 1st ODI

* 10 December 1988 Scorecard
| New Zealand 196/9 (50 overs) | v | India 197/6 (46.2 overs) |
| KR Rutherford 67 (121) K Srikkanth 5/27 (7 overs) | | K Srikkanth 70 (87) W Watson 2/37 (10 overs) |
* India won by 4 wickets Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: S Banerjee and RV Ramani Player of the match: K Srikkanth (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* VB Chandrasekhar (IND) made his ODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 12 December 1988 Scorecard
| New Zealand 160/7 (45 overs) | v | India 161/5 (41.3 overs) |
| JG Wright 39 (59) Maninder Singh 2/23 (9 overs) | | NS Sidhu 67 (108) W Watson 2/33 (7.3 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: DN Dotiwalla and SB Kulkarni Player of the match: NS Sidhu (IND)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Because of the early twilight in this region, the match was reduced from 50 overs to 45 overs.

### 3rd ODI

* 15 December 1988 Scorecard
| India 222/6 (45 overs) | v | New Zealand 169/9 (45 overs) |
| VB Chandrasekhar 53 (77) EJ Gray 2/26 (5 overs) | | MJ Greatbatch 64 (97) K Srikkanth 5/32 (6 overs) |
* India won by 53 runs Nehru Stadium, Indore Umpires: RB Gupta and RS Rathore Player of the match: AK Sharma (IND)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced before play started to 45 overs per side.

### 4th ODI

* 17 December 1988 Scorecard
| New Zealand 278/3 (50 overs) | v | India 282/8 (47.1 overs) |
| MJ Greatbatch 84* (67) M Venkataramana 2/36 (10 overs) | | M Azharuddin 108* (65) DK Morrison 3/50 (10 overs) |
* India won by 2 wickets Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: PG Pandit and VK Ramaswamy Player of the match: M Azharuddin (IND)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* M Venkataramana and RGM Patel (both IND) made their ODI debuts.
* Azharuddin scored the fastest ODI century at the time of 62 balls.

### 5th ODI

* 19 December 1988 Scorecard
| India | v | New Zealand |
* Match abandoned Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu
* No toss