# New Zealand cricket team in India in 2021–22

The New Zealand cricket team toured India in November and December 2021 to play two Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The Test matches formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship. In September 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the schedule for the tour.
Prior to the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli announced that he would be stepping down as the captain of India's T20I team following the conclusion of the tournament. In November 2021, the BCCI named Rohit Sharma as India's T20I captain for the matches against New Zealand. Ajinkya Rahane was named as India's captain for the first Test, with Virat Kohli joining the team to captain the side for the second Test. Before the start of the T20I series, New Zealand Cricket announced that Kane Williamson would miss the T20I matches to focus on his preparation for the Test matches, with Tim Southee named as captain in his absence. Williamson also missed the second Test, due to an injury, with Tom Latham named as New Zealand's captain for the match.
India won the first T20I match by five wickets, and won the second match by seven wickets to win the series with a match to spare. India won the third T20I match by 73 runs to win the series 3–0. The first Test match was drawn, with India needing one wicket for victory before bad light stopped play late on the fifth and final day. With the draw, it extended New Zealand's undefeated record in Test cricket to ten consecutive matches, their longest streak in the format. In the second Test, New Zealand's Ajaz Patel became the third bowler to take all ten wickets in an innings in Test cricket, bowling India out for 325 runs. However, in reply New Zealand were bowled out for only 62 runs. India went on to win the match by 372 runs, winning the Test series 1–0.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | T20Is | T20Is |
| India | New Zealand | India | New Zealand |
| Virat Kohli (c) Ajinkya Rahane (c) Cheteshwar Pujara (vc) Mayank Agarwal Ravichandran Ashwin K. S. Bharat (wk) Shubman Gill Shreyas Iyer Ravindra Jadeja Prasidh Krishna Axar Patel KL Rahul Wriddhiman Saha (wk) Ishant Sharma Mohammed Siraj Jayant Yadav Suryakumar Yadav Umesh Yadav | Kane Williamson (c) Tom Latham (vc) Tom Blundell (wk) Devon Conway Kyle Jamieson Daryl Mitchell Henry Nicholls Ajaz Patel Glenn Phillips Rachin Ravindra Mitchell Santner Will Somerville Tim Southee Ross Taylor Will Young Neil Wagner | Rohit Sharma (c) KL Rahul (vc) Ravichandran Ashwin Yuzvendra Chahal Deepak Chahar Ruturaj Gaikwad Shreyas Iyer Venkatesh Iyer Avesh Khan Ishan Kishan (wk) Bhuvneshwar Kumar Rishabh Pant (wk) Axar Patel Harshal Patel Mohammed Siraj Suryakumar Yadav | Tim Southee (c) Kane Williamson (c) Mitchell Santner (vc) Todd Astle Trent Boult Mark Chapman Devon Conway Lockie Ferguson Martin Guptill Kyle Jamieson Adam Milne Daryl Mitchell James Neesham Glenn Phillips Rachin Ravindra Tim Seifert (wk) Ish Sodhi |
Adam Milne was named as injury cover for New Zealand's T20I squad. Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme both opted out of New Zealand's Test squad, citing bubble fatigue. Devon Conway was ruled out of New Zealand's T20I and Test squads after breaking his hand during the semi-final match against England at the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Daryl Mitchell was named as Conway's replacement in New Zealand's Test side. Kyle Jamieson opted out of New Zealand's T20I squad to focus on the Test matches. Following the T20I series, Suryakumar Yadav was added to India's Test squad, replacing KL Rahul, who was ruled out of the Test matches due to a muscle strain injury.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 17 November 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 164/6 (20 overs) | v | India 166/5 (19.4 overs) |
| Martin Guptill 70 (42) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/23 (4 overs) | | Suryakumar Yadav 62 (40) Trent Boult 2/31 (4 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* Venkatesh Iyer (Ind) made his T20I debut.
* This was the first T20I match to be played at this ground.

### 2nd T20I

* 19 November 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 153/6 (20 overs) | v | India 155/3 (17.2 overs) |
| Glenn Phillips 34 (21) Harshal Patel 2/25 (4 overs) | | KL Rahul 65 (49) Tim Southee 3/16 (4 overs) |
* India won by 7 wickets JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Harshal Patel (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* Harshal Patel (Ind) made his T20I debut.

### 3rd T20I

* 21 November 2021 19:00 (N) Scorecard
| India 184/7 (20 overs) | v | New Zealand 111 (17.2 overs) |
| Rohit Sharma 56 (31) Mitchell Santner 3/27 (4 overs) | | Martin Guptill 51 (36) Axar Patel 3/9 (3 overs) |
* India won by 73 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Axar Patel (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 25–29 November 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Shreyas Iyer (Ind) and Rachin Ravindra (NZ) both made their Test debuts.
* Shreyas Iyer (Ind) scored his maiden century in Tests.
* Kyle Jamieson (NZ) took his 50th wicket in Tests.
* World Test Championship Points: India 4, New Zealand 4.

### 2nd Test

* 3–7 December 2021 Scorecard
* India won by 372 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Mayank Agarwal (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was possible before lunch on day 1 due to rain.
* Ajaz Patel (NZ) became the third bowler to take ten wickets in an innings in Tests, after Jim Laker and Anil Kumble.
* This was India's biggest win in Tests in terms of runs.
* World Test Championship Points: India 12, New Zealand 0.