The New Zealand cricket team toured India in January and February 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1] In December 2022, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the fixtures.[2]

India won the ODI series 3–0,[3] moving to the top spot in the ICC ODI rankings.[4] Despite a defeat in the first game, India won the T20I series 2–1, claiming a major 168 runs victory over the opposition in the last game.[5]

Squads

ODIs T20Is
 India[6]  New Zealand[7]  India[8]  New Zealand[9]

New Zealand's Adam Milne and Matt Henry were ruled out from ODI series due to injuries, with Blair Tickner and Doug Bracewell named as their respective replacements.[11][12][13] India's Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of ODI series due to an injury, with Rajat Patidar named as his replacement.[14] India's Ruturaj Gaikwad was ruled out of T20I series due to an injury.[15]

ODI series

1st ODI

18 January 2023
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
349/8 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
337 (49.2 overs)
Shubman Gill 208 (149)
Daryl Mitchell 2/30 (5 overs)
Michael Bracewell 140 (78)
Mohammed Siraj 4/46 (10 overs)
India won by 12 runs
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shubman Gill (Ind) became the fastest Indian player to score 1,000 runs in ODIs (19 innings).[16]
  • Shubman Gill became the youngest player to score a double century in ODIs.[17][18]
  • Michael Bracewell scored the third-fastest century by a New Zealand batter in ODI.[19]

2nd ODI

21 January 2023
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
108 (34.3 overs)
v
 India
111/2 (20.1 overs)
Glenn Phillips 36 (52)
Mohammed Shami 3/18 (6 overs)
Rohit Sharma 51 (50)
Mitchell Santner 1/28 (4.1 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Mohammed Shami (Ind)

3rd ODI

24 January 2023
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
385/9 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
295 (41.2 overs)
Shubman Gill 112 (78)
Blair Tickner 3/76 (10 overs)
Devon Conway 138 (100)
Shardul Thakur 3/45 (6 overs)
India won by 90 runs
Holkar Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Shardul Thakur (Ind)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shubman Gill (Ind) scored 360 runs in the series, equalling the world record for total runs in a three-match ODI series.[21][22]

T20I series

1st T20I

27 January 2023
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
176/6 (20 overs)
v
 India
155/9 (20 overs)
Daryl Mitchell 59* (30)
Washington Sundar 2/22 (4 overs)
Washington Sundar 50 (28)
Mitchell Santner 2/11 (4 overs)
New Zealand won by 21 runs
JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)
Player of the match: Daryl Mitchell (NZ)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

29 January 2023
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
99/8 (20 overs)
v
 India
101/4 (19.5 overs)
Mitchell Santner 19* (23)
Arshdeep Singh 2/7 (2 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 26* (31)
Michael Bracewell 1/13 (4 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Ind)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was New Zealand's lowest total against India in T20Is in a completed innings.[23]

3rd T20I

1 February 2023
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India 
234/4 (20 overs)
v
 New Zealand
66 (12.1 overs)
Shubman Gill 126* (63)
Daryl Mitchell 1/6 (1 over)
Daryl Mitchell 35 (25)
Hardik Pandya 4/16 (4 overs)
India won by 168 runs
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ben Lister (NZ) made his T20I debut.
  • Shubman Gill (126*) made the second highest individual score by an Indian player in T20Is.[24][25][26]
  • This was the highest score (by any team) against New Zealand in T20Is.[27][26]
  • This was New Zealand's lowest total against India in T20Is in a completed innings, lowering the total that they achieved in the previous T20I.[26]
  • This was India's biggest margin of victory (in terms of runs) in T20Is and also the biggest margin of victory for matches between two Full Member teams.[28][26]

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