India vs New Zealand are the two superpowers of world cricket, so let’s know which of these two teams is better.
As I said, India vs New Zealand cricket team is one of the best cricket teams in the world.
Both teams have world-class bowler batsman fielders and wicketkeepers.
Whenever there is a cricket match between these two India vs New Zealand, whether it is of any Test match ODI and T20 format, that match is very exciting.
There is a collision between these two teams.
How many match New Zealand vs India?
India has played Total 542 Test matches so far while New Zealand has played Total 422 Test matches so far.
A total of 107 ODI matches have been played between India vs New Zealand so far. While a total of 11 T20 matches have been played between these two countries so far.
Test Team:
First of all, let’s compare these two test teams.
| Indian Test Team | New Zealand Test Team |
|---|---|
| Virat Kohli (c) | Kane Williamson (c) |
| Mayank Agarwal | Ross Taylor |
| Prithvi Shaw | B.J. Watling |
| Shubman | Tom Blundell |
| Pujara | Colin de Grandhomme |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Kyle Jamieson |
| Hanuma Vihari | Tom Latham |
| Wriddhiman Saha | Daryl Mitchell |
| Rishabh Pant | Henry Nicholls |
| R. Ashwin | Ajaz Patel |
| R. Jadeja | Tim Southee |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Trant Boult |
| Umesh Yadav | Neil Wagner |
India has played Total 442 Test matches so far whereas New Zealand has played Total 422 Test matches so far, i.e. the Indian Test team is more experienced than the New Zealand Test team.
India has so far won Total 157 Test matches while New Zealand has won only 110 Test matches.
Talking of defeat, India has so far lost 167 Test matches while New Zealand has lost 175 Test matches so far.
While India has drawn 218 matches out of all the Test matches played so far, while New Zealand has 166 matches.
India’s winning percentage is around 88.96, while New Zealand’s 22.85
In New Zealand:
So far India has played Total 23 matches in New Zealand, out of 23 Test matches, India has won only five matches, and New Zealand has won eight matches, and ten matches have not yielded any result.
So far nine series have been played in New Zealand, of which only two series have been won, one was in 1955, and the other was won in 2008 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
While New Zealand won the five series against India on its soil, two-Test series did not yield any result.
In India:
New Zealand has played only 34 Test matches in India, in which India has won 16 Test matches, while New Zealand has won only two Test matches.
Apart from this, 16 Test matches have been drawn.
Virat Kohli has scored the most runs for India in the Test match against New Zealand, while Brendon McCallum has scored the most runs for New Zealand.
ODI Team:
| Indian ODI Team | New Zealand ODI Team |
|---|---|
| Virat Kohli (C) | Kane Williamson (c) |
| Rohit Sharma (UC) | Ross Taylor (UC) |
| Prithvi shaw | Martin Guptill |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Hamish Bennett |
| Kl Rahul | Tom Blundell |
| Shreyas Iyer | Colin de Grandhomme |
| Manish Pandey | Scott Kuggeleijn |
| Rishabh Pant | Tom Latham |
| M.S Dhoni | James Neesham |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Henry Nicholls |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | Trent Boult |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Kyle Jamieson |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Mitchell Santner |
| Mohammed Shami | Ish Sodhi |
| Kedar Jadhav | Tim Southee |
| Shardul Thakur | Colin Munro |
The first ODI series between India vs New Zealand was played between 1975-76
At that time, India had gone to New Zealand to play a two-match series.
This series was named 2–0 by the New Zealand team.
India won the ODI series for the first time from New Zealand in 1988-89, four-match series was won by Team India 4-0.
A total of 14 ODI series have been played between the two countries so far in which the Indian team has the upper hand.
India has won 8 out of 14 ODI series played. The same Kiwi team has won four series while two series have been drawn.
A total of 107 ODI matches have been played between India vs New Zealand so far, of which Team India has won a total of 55 matches, while New Zealand has won 46 matches, drawn one match, and ended five matches.
Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs for India in ODIs against New Zealand, Sachin has scored 1750 runs in 42 matches, the second number is captain Virat Kohli who has scored 1303 runs in 23 matches.
NJ Astle has scored the highest number of 1207 runs from New Zealand. The same number is Ross Taylor, who has scored 1191 runs.
T-20 Team:
| India T-20 Team | New Zealand T-20 Team |
|---|---|
| Virat Kohli (C) | Kane Williamson (c) |
| Rohit Sharma (UC) | Ross Taylor (UC) |
| Prithvi shaw | Martin Guptill |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Hamish Bennett |
| Kl Rahul | Tom Blundell |
| Shreyas Iyer | Colin de Grandhomme |
| Manish Pandey | Scott Kuggeleijn |
| Rishabh Pant | Tom Latham |
| M.S Dhoni | James Neesham |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Henry Nicholls |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | Trent Boult |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Kyle Jamieson |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Mitchell Santner |
| Mohammed Shami | Ish Sodhi |
| Kedar Jadhav | Tim Southee |
| Shardul Thakur | Colin Munro |
A total of 4 bilateral T20 series have been played between India vs New Zealand so far. In which the Kiwi team is heavy on the Indian team.
Out of the four series, India has won only one series, while the New Zealand team has won by winning three series.
The Indian team has not yet won a single T20 series in New Zealand.
A total of 11 T20 matches have been played between the two countries so far in which the Indian team has won only three matches, India has won 2 of these three wins at home and that too under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
The same Kiwi team has made eight matches in its name; the special thing is that on the ground of New Zealand, the Indian team has so far won only one T20 match.
India got the only win on New Zealand’s ground in Auckland last year when Team India went to New Zealand to play three matches under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India had lost two matches of the series, but the match played at Aiden’s Eden Park in Team India has had.
After comparing the three format tests, ODI and T20 team, we find that Team India is more experienced and balanced than New Zealand.
The Indian cricket team is better and stronger than New Zealand in both test and ODI format.
Whereas in the case of T20, the team of New Zealand is much better and stronger than the Indian team.
