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India | New Zealand

Sourav Ganguly - Virender Sehwag - Sanjay Bangar - Rahul Dravid - Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman - Parthiv Patel - Ajit Agarkar - Harbhajan Singh - Zaheer Khan - Ashish Nehra
Murali Kartik - Mohammad Kaif - SS Das - Ajay Ratra - Tinu Yohannan

Sourav Ganguly (Captain)

Born: Calcutta, 8-7-1972

Type: Left hand middle-order / opening batsman and right arm medium pace bowler.

Teams: Bengal & Lancashire (in 2000)

Test debut: v England at Lord's, 1996

Highest Test score: 173 v Sri Lanka at Mumbai (WS), 1997-98

Test captaincy record: (2000-01 to 2002-03): Played 30, Won 13, Lost 8, Drawn 9)

Previous tours to NZ: 1998-99

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 65 108 11 4071 173 41.97 9 20 8 51 -

Home 30 50 6 1698 173 38.59 4 8 4 34 -

Away 35 58 5 2373 147 44.77 5 12 4 17 -

vs NZ 2 4 1 165 101* 55.00 1 - - 1 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 65 2048 70 1143 23 49.70 3/28 - - 89.04 3.35

Home 30 570 20 288 5 57.60 3/28 - - 114.00 3.03

Away 35 1478 50 855 18 47.50 3/71 - - 82.11 3.47

vs NZ 2 102 4 65 0 - 0/13 - - - 3.82

Virender Sehwag

Born: Delhi, 20-10-1978

Type: Right hand middle order batsman and right arm off-break bowler

Team: Delhi

Fc debut: 1997-98

Test debut: v South Africa at Bloemfontein, 2001-02

Highest Test score: 147 v West Indies at Mumbai, 2002-03

Best bowling: 1-27 v West Indies at Kolkata, 2002-03

Previous tours to NZ: Not yet

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 12 17 0 832 147 48.94 3 4 1 16 -

Home 6 8 0 446 147 55.75 1 3 - 7 -

Away 6 9 0 386 106 42.89 2 1 1 9 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 12 240 2 152 2 76.00 1/27 - - 120.00 3.80

Home 6 96 1 67 1 67.00 1/27 - - 96.00 4.19

Away 6 144 1 85 1 85.00 1/32 - - 144.00 3.54

Sanjay Bangar

Born: Beed (Maharashtra), 11-10-1972

Type: Right hand opening/middle order batsman and right arm medium pace bowler.

Team: Railways

Fc debut: 1993-94

Test debut: v England at Mohali, 2001-02

Highest Test score: 100 not out v Zimbabwe at Nagpur, 2001-02

Best bowling (in an innings): 2-28 v England at The Oval, 2002

Previous tours to NZ: Not yet

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 10 14 2 449 100* 37.42 1 3 2 4 -

Home 6 9 2 335 100* 47.86 1 2 1 2 -

Away 4 5 0 114 68 22.80 - 1 1 2 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 10 660 30 316 5 63.20 2/48 - - 132.00 2.87

Home 6 228 13 125 0 - 0/14 - - - 3.29

Away 4 432 17 191 5 38.20 2/48 - - 86.40 2.65

Rahul Dravid (Vice Captain)

Born: Indore (Madhya Pradesh), 11-1-1973

Type: Right hand middle-order batsman and occasional right arm off-break bowler. Can also keep wickets

Teams: Karnataka & Kent (in 2000)

Fc debut: 1990-91

Test debut: v England at Lord's, 1996

Highest Test score: 217 v England at The Oval, 2002

Best bowling (in an innings): 1-18 v West Indies at St John's, 2001-02

Previous tours to NZ: 1998-99

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 67 114 13 5483 217 54.29 14 27 2 85 -

Home 31 53 5 2349 200* 48.94 5 12 - 43 -

Away 36 61 8 3134 217 59.13 9 15 2 42 -

vs NZ 2 4 1 321 190 107.00 2 - 1 4 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 67 120 4 39 1 39.00 1/18 - - 120.00 1.95

Home 31 48 1 15 0 - 0/0 - - - 1.88

Away 36 72 3 24 1 24.00 1/18 - - 72.00 2.00

Sachin Tendulkar

Born: Bombay, 24-4-1973

Type: Right hand middle-order / opening batsman and right arm slow bowler

Teams: Mumbai (Bombay) & Yorkshire (in 1992)

Fc debut: 1988-89

Test debut: v Pakistan at Karachi, 1989-90

Highest Test score: 217 v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 1999-00

Best bowling (in an innings): 3-10 v South Africa at Mumbai (WS), 1999-00

Test captaincy record: (1996-97 to 1999-00: Played 25, Won 4, Lost 9, Drawn 12)

Previous tours to NZ: 1989-90, 1993-94, 1998-99

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 103 165 16 8711 217 58.46 31 34 10 67 -

Home 45 73 8 4194 217 64.52 15 14 3 35 -

Away 58 92 8 4517 193 53.77 16 20 7 32 -

vs NZ 6 9 1 398 113 49.75 1 2 1 2 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 103 2286 63 1220 27 45.19 3/10 - - 84.67 3.20

Home 45 1136 35 573 13 44.08 3/10 - - 87.38 3.03

Away 58 1150 28 647 14 46.21 2/7 - - 82.14 3.38

vs NZ 6 114 2 68 4 17.00 2/7 - - 28.50 3.58

V V S Laxman

Born: Hyderabad, 1-11-1974

Type: Right hand middle-order batsman and occasional right arm off-break bowler.

Team: Hyderabad

Fc debut: 1992-93

Test debut: v South Africa at Ahmedabad, 1996-97

Highest Test score: 281 v Australia at Calcutta, 2000-01

Best bowling (in an innings): 1-32 v West Indies at St John's, 2001-02

Previous tours to NZ: Not yet

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 42 68 7 2660 281 43.61 4 15 4 50 -

Home 19 30 2 1267 281 45.25 2 7 2 29 -

Away 23 38 5 1393 167 42.21 2 8 2 21 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 42 252 10 100 1 100.00 1/32 - - 252.00 2.38

Home 19 42 0 17 0 - 0/1 - - - 2.43

Away 23 210 10 83 1 83.00 1/32 - - 210.00 2.37

Parthiv Patel

Born: Ahmedabad, 9 March 1985 Batting Style: Left hand middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper

Team: Gujarat.

Fc debut: 2001-02

Test debut: v England at Nottingham, 2002

Highest Test score: 47 v West Indies at Calcutta, 2002-03

Best wicket-keeping (in an innings): 2 dismissals (2 ct) v England at Nottingham, 2002 & 2 dismissals (1 ct+ 1st) v West Indies at Kolkata, 2002-03

Best wicket-keeping (in a match): 3 dismissals (all cts) v West Indies at Chennai, 2002-03

Previous tours to NZ: 2001-02 (for U-19 World Cup)

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall P 5 7 144 47 36.00 - - 1 6 1

Home 3 4 1 118 47 39.33 - - - 4 1

Away 2 3 2 26 19* 26.00 - - 1 2 -

Ajit Agarkar

Born: Bombay, 4-12-1977

Type: Right hand lower order batsman and right arm fast medium pace bowler.

Team: Mumbai

Fc debut: 1996-97

Test debut: v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1998-99

Highest Test score: 109 not out v England at Lord's, 2002

Best bowling (in an innings): 3-43 v Australia at Adelaide, 1999-00

Previous tours to NZ: Not yet

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 15 23 2 335 109* 15.95 1 - 8 3 -

Home 4 5 1 56 41* 14.00 - - 2 2 -

Away 11 18 1 279 109* 16.41 1 - 6 1 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 15 2949 111 1576 34 46.35 3/43 - - 86.74 3.21

Home 4 672 30 313 6 52.17 2/50 - - 112.00 2.79

Away 11 2277 81 1263 28 45.11 3/43 - - 81.32 3.33

Harbhajan Singh

Born: Jalandhar, 3-7-1980

Type: Right hand tail end batsman and right arm off-break bowler

Team: Punjab

Fc debut: 1997-98

Test debut: v Australia at Bangalore, 1997-98

Highest Test score: 66 v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 2001-02

Best bowling (in an innings): 8-84 v Australia at Chennai, 2000-01

Best bowling (in a match): 15-217 v Australia at Chennai, 2000-01

Previous tours to NZ: 1998-99

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 31 45 10 474 66 13.54 - 2 8 12 -

Home 16 22 8 149 37 10.64 - - 5 8 -

Away 15 23 2 325 66 15.48 - 2 3 4 -

vs NZ 1 2 0 2 1 1.00 - - - - -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 31 8489 323 3736 139 26.88 8/84 11 2 61.07 2.64

Home 16 4669 200 1940 90 21.56 8/84 9 2 51.88 2.49

Away 15 3820 123 1796 49 36.65 5/115 2 - 77.96 2.82

vs NZ 1 180 7 72 0 - 0/11 - - - 2.40

Zaheer Khan

Born: Srirampur, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, 7-10-1978

Type: Right hand lower-order batsman and left arm fast-medium bowler

Team: Baroda

Fc debut: 1999-00

Test debut: v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01

Highest Test score: 46 v West Indies at Bridgetown, 2001-02

Best bowling (in an innings): 4-41 v West Indies at Mumbai, 2002-03

Previous tours to NZ: Not yet

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 22 29 6 222 46 9.65 - - 8 6 -

Home 7 8 1 42 23* 6.00 - - 3 1 -

Away 15 21 5 180 46 11.25 - - 5 5 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 22 4230 154 2284 62 36.84 4/41 - - 68.23 3.24

Home 7 1100 42 592 19 31.16 4/41 - - 57.89 3.23

Away 15 3130 112 1692 43 39.35 4/76 - - 72.79 3.24

Ashish Nehra

Born: Delhi, 29-4-1979

Type: Right hand tail-end batsman and left arm fast-medium bowler

Team: Delhi

Fc debut: 1997-98

Test debut: v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 1998-99 Highest Test score:19 v England at Lord's, 2002

Best bowling (in an innings): 4-72 v Zimbabwe, 2001-02

Previous tours to NZ: Not yet

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 11 16 7 49 19 5.44 - - 7 2 -

Home 1 1 1 0 0* - - - - - -

Away 10 15 6 49 19 5.44 - - 7 2 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 11 2392 89 1279 32 39.97 4/72 - - 74.75 3.21

Home 1 138 9 66 1 66.00 1/66 - - 138.00 2.87

Away 10 2254 80 1213 31 39.13 4/72 - - 72.71 3.23

Murali Kartik

Born: Madras, 11-9-1976

Type: Left hand lower order batsman and left arm slow bowler

Team: Railways

Fc debut: 1996-97

Test debut: v South Africa at Mumbai, 1999-00

Highest Test score: 43 v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01

Best bowling (in an innings): 3-123 v South Africa at Bangalore, 1999-00

Previous tours to NZ: Not yet

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 4 5 0 61 43 12.20 - - 1 1 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 4 885 40 309 9 34.33 3/123 - - 98.33 2.10

Mohammad Kaif

Born: Allahabad, 1-12-1980

Type: Right hand middle order batsman and occasional right arm off-break bowler

Team: Uttar Pradesh

Fc debut: 1997-98

Test debut: v South Africa at Bangalore, 1999-00

Highest Test score: 37 v Sri Lanka at Galle, 2001-02

Previous tours to NZ: Not yet

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 4 8 1 141 37 20.14 - - - 1 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 4 18 0 4 0 - 0/4 - - - 1.33

Shiv Sunder Das

Born: Bhubaneshwar, 1-7-1977

Type: Right hand opening batsman

Team: Orissa

Fc debut: 1993-94

Test debut: v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01

Highest Test score: 110 v Zimbabwe at Nagpur, 2000-01

Previous tours to NZ: Not yet

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 23 40 2 1326 110 34.89 2 9 3 34 -

Home 10 16 0 623 110 38.94 2 3 - 15 -

Away 13 24 2 703 82* 31.95 - 6 3 19 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 23 40 2 1326 110 34.89 2 9 3 34 -

Home 10 18 0 7 0 - 0/7 - - - 2.33

Away 13 48 2 28 0 - 0/28 - - - 3.50

Ajay Ratra

Born: Faridabad, 13-12-1981

Type: Right hand lower order batsman and wicket-keeper

Team: Haryana

Fc debut: 1998-99

Test debut: v West Indies at Port of Spain, 2001-02

Highest Test score: 115 not out v West Indies at St John's, 2001-02

Best wicket-keeping (in an innings): 3 dismissals (2 cts+ 1st) v England at Lord's, 2002

Best wicket-keeping (in a match): 5 dismissals (3 cts+ 2sts) v England at Lord's, 2002

Previous tours to NZ: Not yet

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 6 10 1 163 115* 18.11 1 - 1 11 2

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 6 6 0 1 0 - 0/1 - - - 1.00

Tinu Yohannan

Born: Quilon, 18-2-1979

Type: Right hand tail end batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler

Team: Kerala

Fc debut: 1999-00

Test debut: v England at Mohali, 2001-02

Highest Test score: 3 not out v England at Ahmedabad, 2001-02

Best bowling (in an innings): 2-56 v England at Mohali, 2001-02

Previous tours to NZ: Not yet

Batting & Fielding

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St

Overall 2 2 2 5 3* - - - - 1 -

Bowling

M Balls Md Runs W Ave Best 5 10 SR R/o

Overall 2 336 8 213 4 53.25 2/56 - - 84.00 3.80


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