# New Zealand cricket team in India in 2010–11

The New Zealand national cricket team toured India and played three Test matches and five ODIs between 4 November and 10 December 2010.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs |
| India | New Zealand | India | New Zealand |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c & wk) Virender Sehwag (vc) Rahul Dravid Gautam Gambhir Zaheer Khan VVS Laxman Amit Mishra Pragyan Ojha Cheteshwar Pujara Suresh Raina Ishant Sharma Harbhajan Singh Sreesanth Sachin Tendulkar Murali Vijay | Daniel Vettori (c) Brent Arnel Hamish Bennett Martin Guptill Gareth Hopkins (wk) Chris Martin Brendon McCullum Tim McIntosh Andy McKay Jeetan Patel Jesse Ryder Tim Southee Ross Taylor Bradley-John Watling Kane Williamson | Gautam Gambhir (c) Suresh Raina Ravindra Jadeja Ashish Nehra Sreesanth Vinay Kumar Saurabh Tiwary Wriddhiman Saha (wk for 1st 3 ODIs) Yuvraj Singh Virat Kohli Murali Vijay Ravichandran Ashwin Munaf Patel Parthiv Patel (wk for last 2 ODIs) Zaheer Khan (2nd, 3rd and 4th ODIs) | Daniel Vettori (c) Scott Styris James Franklin Gareth Hopkins (wk) Brendon McCullum Kyle Mills Daryl Tuffey(1st ODI) Jamie How Andy McKay Ross Taylor Martin Guptill Kane Williamson Tim Southee Nathan McCullum Grant Elliott |

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 4–8 November 2010 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Test debut: Kane Williamson and Hamish Bennett (NZ)

### 2nd Test

* 12–16 November 2010 Scorecard
* Match drawn Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd Test

* 20–24 November 2010 Scorecard
* India won by an innings and 198 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (Ind)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Play on Day 1 was delayed due to rain and reduced due to bad light.
* Test debut: Andy McKay (NZ)

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 28 November 2010 Scorecard
| India 276 (49 overs) | v | New Zealand 236 (45.2 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 105 (104) Andy McKay 4/62 (10 overs) | | Ross Taylor 66 (69) Sreesanth 3/30 (5.2 overs) |
* India won by 40 runs Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* ODI debuts: Wriddhiman Saha (Ind)

### 2nd ODI

* 1 December 2010 Scorecard
| New Zealand 258/8 (50 overs) | v | India 259/2 (43 overs) |
| Martin Guptill 70 (102) Sreesanth 4/47 (9 overs) | | Gautam Gambhir 138* (116) Daniel Vettori 1/32 (8 overs) |
* India won by 8 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Sanjay Hazare (Ind) and Nigel Llong (England) Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI

* 4 December 2010 Scorecard
| New Zealand 224/9 (50 overs) | v | India 229/1 (39.3 overs) |
| James Franklin 72* (108) Yusuf Pathan 2/27 (8 overs) | | Gautam Gambhir 126* (117) |
* India won by 9 wickets Reliance Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### 4th ODI

* 7 December 2010 Scorecard
| New Zealand 315/7 (50 overs) | v | India 321/5 (48.5 overs) |
| James Franklin 98* (69) Yusuf Pathan 3/49 (9 overs) | | Yusuf Pathan 123* (96) Nathan McCullum 2/38 (7.5 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Player of the match: Yusuf Pathan (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### 5th ODI

* 10 December 2010 Scorecard
| New Zealand 103 (27 overs) | v | India 107/2 (21.1 overs) |
| Scott Styris 24 (45) Ravichandran Ashwin 3/24 (8 overs) | | Parthiv Patel 56* (70) Nathan McCullum 1/26 (6 overs) |
* India won by 8 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.