| Series Name: | New Zealand cricket team in India in 2003/04 |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of New Zealand.svg |
| Team2 Name: | New Zealand |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of India.svg |
| Team1 Name: | India |
| From Date: | 26 September |
| To Date: | 15 November 2003 |
| Team2 Captain: | Stephen Fleming |
| Team1 Captain: | Sourav Ganguly |
| No Of Tests: | 2 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Rahul Dravid (313) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Daryl Tuffey (8) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Anil Kumble (9) |
| Player Of Test Series: | VVS Laxman (Ind) |
The New Zealand cricket team toured India from 26 September 2003 to 15 November 2003.[1] The tour included two Tests and six ODIs as part of the TVS Cup Tri series which also involved Australia.[2]
See main article: 2003–04 TVS Cup Tri series.
The 2003–04 TVS cup was a triangular One Day International cricket tournament, played by India, New Zealand and Australia. The tournament was held in India from 23 October 2003 to 18 November 2003, and consisted of a round robin stage, in which each nation played each of the others three times. The top two teams at the end of the round robin stage then played the final match of the series.
In a close round robin, India with 16 points and Australia with 28 points from the group stage qualified for the final; New Zealand finished last with 10 points, and did not qualify for the final. Australia beat India by 37 runs in the final.
| Group Stage[7] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | T | NR | BP | Points | NRR | For | Against | |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | +1.113 | 1464/266.3 | 1314/300 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | +0.110 | 1377/250 | 1336/247.3 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | -1.457 | 993/247.3 | 1184/216.3 | ||