# Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2002–03

The India national cricket team toured New Zealand from 4 December 2002 to 14 January 2003 and played a two-match test series along with seven-match one-day international series against New Zealand. New Zealand won the test series 2–0 and also won the ODI series 5–2.

## Test Matches
### 1st Test

* 12–16 December 2002 Scorecard
* New Zealand won by 10 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Mark Richardson (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and decided to field.
* Jacob Oram (NZ) made his Test debut.

### 2nd Test

* 19–23 December 2002 Scorecard
* New Zealand won by 4 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Daryl Tuffey (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and decided to field.
* This was the first time in 21 years that players of either team failed to score a Test half-century.

## ODI Series
### 1st ODI

* 26 December 2002 Scorecard
| India 108 (32.5 overs) | v | New Zealand 109/7 (37.4 overs) |
| Shiv Sunder Das 30 (60) Jacob Oram 5/26 (10 overs) | | Jacob Oram 27* (54) Javagal Srinath 4/23 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 3 wickets Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Asoka De Silva (SL) Player of the match: Jacob Oram (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd ODI

* 29 December 2002 Scorecard
| New Zealand 254/9 (50 overs) | v | India 219 (43.4 overs) |
| Mathew Sinclair 78 (126) Javagal Srinath 3/34 (10 overs) | | Virender Sehwag 108 (119) Kyle Mills 3/45 (9.4 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 35 runs McLean Park, Napier Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Asoka De Silva (SL) Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI

* 1 January 2003 Scorecard
| India 108 (41.1 overs) | v | New Zealand 109/5 (26.5 overs) |
| Rahul Dravid 20 (59) Paul Hitchcock 3/30 (8 overs) | | Nathan Astle 32 (30) Ajit Agarkar 3/26 (8.5 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 5 wickets AMI Stadium, Christchurch Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Asoka De Silva (SL) Player of the match: Daryl Tuffey (NZ)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 4 January 2003 Scorecard
| India 122 (43.4 overs) | v | New Zealand 123/3 (25.4 overs) |
| Yuvraj Singh 25 (61) Andre Adams 5/22 (8.4 overs) | | Stephen Fleming 47 (59) Javagal Srinath 3/35 (9.4 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 7 wickets Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Asoka De Silva (SL) Player of the match: Andre Adams (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

### 5th ODI

* 8 January 2003 Scorecard
| New Zealand 168 (42.4 overs) | v | India 169/8 (43.2 overs) |
| Andre Adams 35 (27) Zaheer Khan 3/30 (8 overs) | | Yuvraj Singh 54 (85) Scott Styris 2/29 (9 overs) |
* India won by 2 wickets Westpac Stadium, Wellington Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Zaheer Khan (Ind)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

### 6th ODI

* 11 January 2003 Scorecard
| New Zealand 199/9 (50 overs) | v | India 200/9 (48.5 overs) |
| Lou Vincent 53 (107) Javagal Srinath 3/13 (10 overs) | | Virender Sehwag 112 (139) Andre Adams 3/41 (9.5 overs) |
* India won by 1 wicket Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (NZ)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### 7th ODI

* 11 January 2003 Scorecard
| India 122 (44.5 overs) | v | New Zealand 125/4 (28.4 overs) |
| Yuvraj Singh 33 (58) Andre Adams 4/21 (8.5 overs) | | Stephen Fleming 60 (92) Javagal Srinath 2/28 (8.4 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 6 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Daryl Harper (AUS) Player of the match: Stephen Fleming (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.