New Zealand 'A' cricket team in India in 2017
 
  India 'A' New Zealand 'A'
Dates 23 September 2017 – 15 October 2017
Captains Karun Nair (Tests)
Shreyas Iyer (First 3 ODIs)
Rishabh Pant (Last 2 ODIs)		 Henry Nicholls
FC series
Result India 'A' won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Shreyas Iyer (190) Jeet Raval (150)
Most wickets Karn Sharma (16) Ish Sodhi (8)
LA series
Result India 'A' won the 5-match series 3–0
Most runs Abhimanyu Easwaran (132) George Worker (175)
Most wickets Karn Sharma (9) Scott Kuggeleijn (7)

The New Zealand A cricket team toured India in September and October 2017. On this tour they played two first-class matches and five limited-overs matches against the India A team.[1] New Zealand A was captained by Henry Nicholls. The two first-class matches were played at the ACA–KDCA Cricket Ground[2] and the limited overs matches at ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.

Squads

Test cricket One Day Internationals (ODIs)
India India A[3][4] New Zealand New Zealand A[5] India India A[6] New Zealand New Zealand A[5][7]

Parthiv Patel replaced Rishabh Pant for the second Test due to Pant's injury.[4] Colin de Grandhomme replaced Sean Solia for the ODI series.[7]

First-class series

1st unofficial Test

23–26 September 2017
Scorecard
v
147 (63 overs)
Tim Seifert 35* (114)
Shahbaz Nadeem 4/39 (23 overs)
320 (67.2 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 108 (97)[8]
Ish Sodhi 5/94 (22 overs)
142 (63.1 overs)
George Worker 35 (112)
Shahbaz Nadeem 4/51 (20.1 overs)
India 'A' won by an innings and 31 runs.
ACA–KDCA Cricket Ground, Vijayawada
Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
  • New Zealand 'A' won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd unofficial Test

30 September – 3 October 2017
Scorecard
New Zealand A New Zealand
v
India India A
211 (69.5 overs)
Colin Munro 65(82)
Shardul Thakur 3/34 (12 overs)
447 (110 overs)
Ankit Bawne 163(245)
Ish Sodhi 3/120(25 overs)
210 (79.3 overs)
Henry Nicholls 94(190)
Karn Sharma 5/78 (20.3 overs)
India 'A' won by an innings and 26 runs.
ACA–KDCA Cricket Ground, Vijayawada
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Nitin Pandit
  • New Zealand 'A' won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI Series

1st ODI

6 October
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned without a ball being bowled
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Sadashiv Iyer (Ind)
  • no toss

2nd ODI

10 October[9]
Scorecard
New Zealand A New Zealand
269/6 (42 overs)
v
India India A
269/9 (42 overs)
Glenn Phillips 140 (130)
Siddarth Kaul 3/65 (9 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 90 (73)
Todd Astle 4/22 (9 overs)
Match Tied.
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
  • India 'A' won the toss and elected to bowl
  • Match Reduced to 42 overs per-side due to wet outfield

3rd ODI

11 October
13:30
Scorecard
New Zealand A New Zealand
143 (37.1 overs)
v
India India A
144/4 (24.4 overs)
Henry Nicholls 35 (51)
Karn Sharma 5/22 (8 overs)
Vijay Shankar 47*(42)
Ish Sodhi 2/31 (5 overs)
India A won by 6 wickets.
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Rohan Pandit and Puttarangaiah Jayapal
Player of the match: Karn Sharma (India A)
  • New Zealand A won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

13 October
09:00
Scorecard
India A India
289/6 (50 overs)
v
New Zealand New Zealand A
225 (45.1 overs)
Abhimanyu Easwaran 83 (104)
Scott Kuggeleijn 2/37 (9 overs)
George Worker 108 (113)
Shahbaz Nadeem 4/33 (9.1 overs)
India A won by 64 runs.
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Rohan Pandit and Puttarangaiah Jayapal
Player of the match: Shahbaz Nadeem (India A)
  • India A won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

15 October
09:00
Scorecard
New Zealand A New Zealand
173 (44.2 overs)
v
India India A
174/7 (32.1 overs)
Henry Nicholls 40 (72)
Basil Thampi 3/19 (6 overs)
Abhimanyu Easwaran 49 (51)
Lockie Ferguson 3/24 (6.1 overs)
India A won by 3 wickets
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Puttarangaiah Jayapal (Ind)
Player of the match: Basil Thampi (India A)
  • New Zealand A won the toss and elected to bat.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New Zealand A tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand A in India 2017/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Pant, Panchal in India A squad for New Zealand series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Parthiv replaces injured Rishabh Pant". Indian Express. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Cricket: Plenty of experience in NZ A squad to visit India". NZ Herald. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Shreyas, Pant to captain One-Day side,squad announced". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 "De Grandhomme replaces Solia in NZ A squad". Cricket365. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Shreyas Iyer's ton help India to comeback". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Rain Interrupts 2nd ODI on 8th October.Match rescheduled to 10th october due to rain". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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