With Team India's tour of New Zealand commencing with the first One-Day International in Napier on Sunday, Rajneesh Gupta takes a look at how the teams measure up against each other.
India-New Zealand in ODIs
| Mts | Ind | NZ | NR | |
| in India | 27 | 21 | 5 | 1 |
| in New Zealand | 29 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
| at neutral places | 32 | 15 | 15 | 2 |
| Total | 88 | 46 | 37 | 5 |
India – New Zealand ODIs in New Zealand
| Mts | Ind | NZ | NR | |
| in bilateral contests | 25 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
| in multinational tournaments | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 29 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
India- New Zealand bilateral ODI series in New Zealand
| Month-Year | Captains | Matches | Result |
| Feb 1976 | Glenn Turner – Bishan Singh Bedi** | 2 | New Zealand 2-0 |
| Feb 1981 | Geoff Howarth – Sunil Gavaskar+ | 2 | New Zealand 2-0 |
| Mar-Apr 1994 | Ken Rutherford – Mohammad Azharuddin | 4 | Drawn 2-2 |
| Jan 1999 | Dion Nash#- Mohammad Azharuddin | 5 | Drawn 2-2 |
| Dec 2002-Jan 2003 | Stephen Fleming – Sourav Ganguly | 7 | New Zealand 5-2 |
| Mar 2009 | Daniel Vettori## – MS Dhoni | 5 | India 3-1 |
** S Venkataraghavan captained India in one match
+ Gundappa Viswanath captained India in one match
# Stephen Fleming captained New Zealand in one match
## Brendon McCullum captained New Zealand in one match
Summary: 6 series, New Zealand won 3, India won 1, Drawn 2.
India-New Zealand ODIs in New Zealand – Vital Stats
Highest total
India: 392-4 at Christchurch in 2009
New Zealand: 334 at Christchurch in 2009
Lowest total
India: 108 at Auckland & at Christchurch in 2009
New Zealand: 142 at Auckland in 1994
Highest individual score
India: 163* (retd hurt), Sachin Tendulkar at Christchurch in 2009
New Zealand: 115, Chris Cairns at Christchurch in 1999
Individual Hundreds
India: 5 (Virender Sehwag 3, Rahul Dravid 1, Sachin Tendulkar 1)
New Zealand: 3 (Martin Crowe, Chris Cairns & Jesse Ryder one each)
Best bowling
India: 5-33 by Anil Kumble at Wellington in 1994
New Zealand: 5-22 by Andre Adams at Queenstown in 2003
Leading run-scorers
India: 652 (avg 38.35) by Sachin Tendulkar
New Zealand: 339 (avg 33.90) by Stephen Fleming
Leading wicket-takers
India: 38 (avg 16.53) by Javagal Srinath
New Zealand: 15 (avg 18.87) by Danny Morrison
