Series: | New Zealand cricket team in India in 1969-70 |
Date: | 19 September 1969 – 20 October 1969 |
Place: | India |
Result: | 3 Match -Test series drawn 1-1 |
Captain1: | Nawab of Pataudi |
Captain2: | Graham Dowling |
Runs1: | Ajit Wadekar (167) Nawab of Pataudi (129) Abid Ali (102) |
Runs2: | Graham Dowling (257) Bev Congdon (174) Bruce Murray (166) |
Wickets1: | Erapalli Prasanna (20) Bishan Singh Bedi (15) Venkataraghavan (11) |
Wickets2: | Dayle Hadlee (13) Hedley Howarth (12) Bob Cunis (9) |
The New Zealand national cricket team toured India in 1969–70 season.[1] The two teams played three Tests. Test series drawn 1-1. When India were bowled out for 89 runs on the last day of the third Test, the crowd reacted by throwing stones at the police and starting fires within the ground.[2]