# New Zealand cricket team in India in 1999–2000

The New Zealand national cricket team toured India and played three Test matches and five Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) between September and November 1999.

## Squads

| Test squads | Test squads | ODI squads | ODI squads |
| India | New Zealand | India | New Zealand |
| Sachin Tendulkar (c) | Stephen Fleming (c) | Sachin Tendulkar (c) | Stephen Fleming (c) |
| Rahul Dravid | Nathan Astle | Sourav Ganguly | Nathan Astle |
| Sadagoppan Ramesh | Craig Spearman | Rahul Dravid | Roger Twose |
| Sourav Ganguly | Chris Cairns | Ajay Jadeja | Chris Cairns |
| Devang Gandhi | Adam Parore (w/k) | Robin Singh | Craig Spearman |
| Javagal Srinath | Craig McMillan | Sunil Joshi | Chris Harris |
| MSK Prasad (w/k) | Gary Stead | Vijay Bharadwaj | Adam Parore (w/k) |
| Anil Kumble | Matt Horne | Devang Gandhi | Scott Styris |
| Ajay Jadeja | Dion Nash | Nikhil Chopra | Daniel Vettori |
| Vijay Bharadwaj | Matthew Bell | Javagal Srinath | Alex Tait |
| Sunil Joshi | Chris Harris | MSK Prasad (w/k) | Chris Drum |
| Harbhajan Singh | Daniel Vettori | Anil Kumble | Dion Nash |
| Venkatesh Prasad | Paul Wiseman | Venkatesh Prasad | Shayne O'Connor |
| | Shayne O'Connor | Ajit Agarkar | Matt Horne |
| | | T Kumaran | |
| | | Debasis Mohanty | |

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 10–14 October 1999 Scorecard
* Match drawn Mohali, Chandigarh Umpires: Peter Manuel (SL) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Javagal Srinath (Ind)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field
* Test Debut: MSK Prasad, Vijay Bharadwaj and Devang Gandhi (IND)

### 2nd Test

* 22–25 October 1999 Scorecard
* India won by 8 wickets Green Park, Kanpur Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Anil Kumble (Ind)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

### 3rd Test

* 29 October–2 November 1999 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (Rsa) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat

## One Day Internationals (ODIs)
### 1st ODI

* 5 November 1999 Scorecard
| New Zealand 349/9 (50 overs) | v | India 306 (47 overs) |
| NJ Astle 120 (136) BKV Prasad 3/75 (10 overs) | | AD Jadeja 95 (97) NJ Astle 3/40 (7 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 43 runs Municipal Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: K Hariharan and I Sivaram Player of the match: NJ Astle (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* SB Styris (NZ) made his ODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 8 November 1999 Scorecard
| India 376/2 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 202 (33.1 overs) |
| SR Tendulkar 186* (150) CL Cairns 1/73 (10 overs) | | SB Styris 43 (52) BKV Prasad 2/38 (5.1 overs) |
* India won by 174 runs Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Jasbir Singh and SK Tarapore Player of the match: SR Tendulkar (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 11 November 1999 Scorecard
| India 261/5 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 247/8 (50 overs) |
| SC Ganguly 153* (150) NJ Astle 2/47 (10 overs) | | NJ Astle 97 (111) N Chopra 3/32 (9 overs) |
* India won by 14 runs Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Umpires: SC Gupta and K Parthasarathy Player of the match: SC Ganguly (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 14 November 1999 Scorecard
| New Zealand 236/9 (50 overs) | v | India 188 (45.3 overs) |
| CL Cairns 80 (114) N Chopra 2/33 (9 overs) | | SB Joshi 61* (56) CJ Drum 2/31 (6 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 48 runs Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: SK Bansal and S Choudhary Player of the match: CL Cairns (NZ)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* T Kumaran (IND) made his ODI debut.

### 5th ODI

* 17 November 1999 Scorecard
| New Zealand 179/9 (50 overs) | v | India 181/3 (44 overs) |
| RG Twose 47 (94) T Kumaran 3/24 (9 overs) | | SC Ganguly 86 (110) DL Vettori 2/46 (10 overs) |
* India won by 7 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: VM Gupte and SK Sharma Player of the match: SC Ganguly (IND)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* DJ Gandhi (IND) made his ODI debut.