Test Cricket Tours - India to New Zealand 2013-14

Test Cricket Tours - India to New Zealand 2013-14

Tour of New Zealand 2013-14          Captain: M S Dhoni

India's 69th Test tour
(January - February 2014)

Sixteenth Test-playing tour of New Zealand by India
   (previous tour 2008-09)

India lost the five-match one-day series 0-4 before going down 0-1 in the two match Test rubber.

Other Indian tours

Previous tour
South Africa 2013-14

Next tour
England 2014

Next tour of New Zealand
None scheduled

Members of the Test tour party (17)

Opening batsmen:Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Murali Vijay.
Middle-order: Virat Kohli Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu
Wicket-keepers:Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Wriddhiman Saha,
Spinners: Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin
Fast bowlers:Zaheer Khan, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Ishwar Pandey.

R Ashwin
TN
27
OB
ODI

S Dhawan
D
28
LHB opener
ODI

M S Dhoni
Jk
32
RHB     WK      captain
ODI

R A Jadeja
Mh
25
SLA
ODI

V Kohli
D
25
RHB
ODI

B Kumar
UP
24
RM
ODI

I C Pandey
MP
24
RFM
ODI

C A Pujara
Sa
26
RHB

A M Rahane
Mb
25
RHB opener
ODI

A T Rayudu
Ba
28
RHB    (WK)
ODI

W P Saha
Bn
29
WK

Mohammad Shami
Bn
23
RFM
ODI

I Sharma
D
25
RFM
ODI

R G Sharma
Mb
26
RHB              vice-captain
ODI

M Vijay
TN
29
RHB opener

U T Yadav
Vb
26
RFM

Zaheer Khan
Ba
35
LFM

Included only in ODI squad
V R Aaron (Jk)
ODI

S T R Binny(K)
ODI

A Mishra (Hy)
ODI

S K Raina (UP)
ODI

Representation of teams:

Ba - Baroda (2)
Bn - Bengal (2)
D   - Delhi (3)
Jk - Jharkhand (1)
MP - Madhya Pradesh (1)
Mh - Maharashtra (1)
Mb - Mumbai (2)
Sa - Saurashtra (1)
TN - Tamil Nadu (2)
UP - Uttar Pradesh (1)
Vb - Vidarbha (1)



Average age of team at time of first Test match
    (6 February 2014) :
     27 yrs 4 month

ODI member of one-day international squad
(ODI) w/d withdrawn player
(r) reinforcement

Test Appearances made before the tour

Zaheer 90, Dhoni 81, I Sharma 53, Kohli 22, Vijay 20, Ashwin 19, Pujara 17, Yadav 9, Jadeja 6, B Kumar 6, Dhawan 5, Mohammad Shami 4, R G Sharma 4, Rahane 3, Saha 2, Pandey 0, Rayudu 0

Tour Officials

T C Mathew
Team Manager
Vinod Phadke
Assistant Manager (observer)
Duncan Fletcher
Head coach

Bowling coach

Fielding coach

Physiotherapist

Fitness trainer

Masseur

Computer analyst

Logistics manager

T C Mathew was president of the Kerala Cricket Association and chairman of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. Vinod Phadke was president of the Goan Cricket Association

Selectors

Sandeep Patil (West - chairman), Saba Karim (East), Vikram Rathore (North), Rajinder Singh Hans (Central) and Roger Binny (South).

Selection

Unavailable :
There was a two-day practice match to guide the selectors. The team was picked at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai
Tour Party Announced:  31 December 2013
Not selected : Pragyan Ohja

Time between selection and departure from India
12 days
(31 December - 12 January)

Travel
Mumbai Q   Auckland

India were scheduled to leave for New Zealand on 12 January so the players had only a ten-day break after the South Africa tour, and resisted suggestions from former players like Dravid that they should participate in Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches.
Captain M S Dhoni gave a pre-departure conference on Saturday 11 January saying the limited-overs series should provide good preparation for the World Cup in 2015. The one-day squad flew out of Mumbai early by Singapore Airlines on Sunday. They arrived in Auckland on Monday 13 January and took an inter-connecting flight to Napier for the start of the five-match ODI series on 19 January.
A week later the Test specialists left, including Cheteshwar Pujara, Zaheer Khan, Murali Vijay, Umesh Yadav and the reserve wicket-keeper Saha.

Time spent in New Zealand
   x days
(13 January - February)

On-tour selection committee

Reinforcements

Fixtures/Results

a
§ Napier
New Zealand (1st ODI)
Lost 24 r
b
§ Hamilton
New Zealand (2nd ODI)
Lost 15 r
c
§ Auckland
New Zealand (3rd ODI)
Tied
d
§ Hamilton
New Zealand (4th ODI)
Lost 7 w
e
§ Wellington
New Zealand (5th ODI)
Lost 87 r
f
Whangerai
New Zealand XI (2-day)
Drawn
g
AUCKLAND
NEW ZEALAND First Test
LOST 40 r
h
WELLINGTON
NEW ZEALAND Second Test
DRAWN

† not first-class
§ ODI
⊕ T20 international

Time spent in New Zealand before First Test:
10 days
(13 January - 6 February))

Test appearances on tour

2 -   Dhawan, Dhoni, Jadeja, Kohli, Pujara, Rahane, Shami, I Sharma, RG Sharma, Vijay, Zaheer Khan
0 - Ashwin, Kumar, Pandey, Rayudu, Saha, Yadav

Match appearances

T Test match
o one-day international
x other match
⊕ T/20 international
∙ played for opposition

W won L lost D drawn
N no result   A abandoned
u unknown result

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
V R Aaron

o
o
o

R Ashwin
o
o
o
o
o
x

S T R Binny

o

S Dhawan
o
o
o

o
x
T
T
M S Dhoni
o
o
o
o
o

T
T
R A Jadeja
o
o
o
o
o

T
T
V Kohli
o
o
o
o
o

T
T
B Kumar
o
o
o
o
o
x

A Mishra

I C Pandey

x

C A Pujara

x
T
T
A M Rahane
o
o
o
o
o
x
T
T
S K Raina
o
o
o

A T Rayudu

o
o
x

W P Saha

x

Mohammad Shami
o
o
o
o
o

T
T
I Sharma
o
o

x
T
T
R G Sharma
o
o
o
o
o
x
T
T
M Vijay

x
T
T
U T Yadav

x

Zaheer Khan

x
T
T
  R E S U L T S
L
L
T
L
L
D
L
D

Highlights

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Tour Summary

P
W
L
D
T
Aban
Test Matches
2
0
1
1
-
-
Other first-class matches
0
-
-
-
-
-
† Minor matches
1
0
0
1
-
-
⊕ 20/20 internationals
0
-
-
-
-
-
§ One-day internationals
5
0
4
-
1
-
All Matches
8
0
5
2
1
-

Return to India
x   Q   Mumbai

x.
The one-day team landed back in India
The Test side arrived home at at Mumbai airport landing on Wednesday night 19 February 2014. All the players then took connecting flights to their respective city airports.
The players had only a short break before leaving again on 23 Feb for Bangladesh and the Asia Cup

Time away from India
  x days
(January to 19 February)

Finances

Accounts of the tour

Postscript