India vs New Zealand Cricket Stats: Head-to-Head Records

When New Zealand walked into Bengaluru in October 2024 and walked out 3-0 series winners on Indian soil, it was the kind of result that flips the script on seven decades of rivalry history. India and New Zealand have been squaring off since 1955, trading wins across Tests, ODIs, and T20Is in one of cricket’s more underrated matchups. The numbers tell a story of Indian dominance overall, but also of Kiwi resilience that keeps resurfacing at the worst possible moments for the hosts.

Recent ODI Result: India 238/7 beat New Zealand 190/7 by 48 runs · T20I Win Margin: India beat New Zealand by 96 runs, Ahmedabad · T20WC 2026 Score: India 255/5 beat NZ 159 · India Test Matches Played: 598

Who won most, IND or NZ?

The short answer is India—across all three formats combined, India holds a 102-79 win advantage over New Zealand with 38 draws or no-results mixed in (wpleague.in). But the devil is in the format breakdown, and that’s where the rivalry gets interesting.

Tests

In the longest format, the ledger reads India 22 wins, New Zealand 16 wins, and a remarkable 27 draws across 65 Tests since 1955 (wpleague.in). The draw-heavy nature of this contest reflects conditions—turning pitches in India, seam-friendly tracks in New Zealand—that often neutralise the advantage of batting first. India’s Test win percentage against New Zealand sits at 33.8% versus New Zealand’s 24.6%, though those numbers mask how competitive individual series have been (wpleague.in).

ODIs

One Day Internationals tell the clearest story of Indian dominance. Of 123 ODIs played, India has won 63 and New Zealand 52, with 8 no-results or ties splitting the difference (wpleague.in). India’s ODI win percentage of 51.2% versus New Zealand’s 42.3% reflects not just volume wins but consistent returns across World Cups, bilateral series, and Champions Trophy encounters (wpleague.in). The first ODI between the sides came in the 1975 World Cup, where New Zealand won by 4 wickets (crictotal.com), making India’s eventual ODI record even more telling.

T20Is

T20Is show the closest competition relative to investment. India has 17 wins from 31 matches against New Zealand’s 11, with 3 no-results or ties (wpleague.in). India’s 54.8% win rate edges New Zealand’s 35.5%, but the Black Caps have shown they can compete—and upset—on the big stage (mykhel.com).

Why did India 46 all out?

The scoreboard read 46 and all out—a number that haunts Indian cricket fans who watched the 2024 Mumbai Test. It remains India’s lowest total against New Zealand in Test cricket (wpleague.in), and it came as part of New Zealand’s historic 3-0 series whitewash on Indian soil.

First innings opening Test

The collapse happened during the third Test of New Zealand’s October-November 2024 tour, when India’s batting lineup crumbled against a disciplined Kiwi attack on a turning Wankhede Stadium track. The 46-run innings handed New Zealand a decisive first-innings lead that the hosts never recovered from (cricketsky.com).

Key factors

Several factors converged: spin-friendly pitches that brought New Zealand’s quality slow bowlers into play, India’s top-order batting vulnerabilities against lateral movement, and a New Zealand attack that exploited conditions expertly. The whitewash marked the first time India had lost a three-match home Test series without winning at least one match since the 2012 home season, signalling the magnitude of the upset (cricketsky.com).

Did Shubman Gill score 200 in ODI?

Shubman Gill’s career trajectory has been one of the more compelling subplots in India-New Zealand encounters, though his most celebrated knock came against opposition other than the Black Caps. The question of whether he scored 200 in an ODI against New Zealand specifically requires a closer look at the record books.

18 Jan 2023 performance

Shubman Gill played a composed innings on 18 January 2023 against New Zealand, contributing to India’s total in an ODI series that New Zealand ultimately won by 41 runs in Indore (crictotal.com). While he built a reputation as a versatile top-order batsman through this series and subsequent matches, his maiden double century in ODIs came against a different opponent.

Maiden double century

Gill’s breakthrough 200-plus score came in the 2023 ODI series against New Zealand, but his first 200-run innings in the format arrived against other opposition at a different venue. The record shows his highest scores in this rivalry are substantial but not record-setting within the India-New Zealand context (crictotal.com).

What is the highest score by an Indian batsman?

When it comes to individual brilliance in the India-New Zealand rivalry, two records stand head and shoulders above the rest—one belonging to each side. The highest individual score in this matchup is Brendon McCullum’s astonishing 302 not out for New Zealand at Wellington in 2014 (wpleague.in), a score that still ranks among cricket’s greatest Test innings.

ODI records

Looking at Indian batsmen specifically, the highest individual ODI score against New Zealand falls within a cluster of big hundreds from players like Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, and Virat Kohli. India’s highest team total in ODIs against New Zealand reached 385, setting targets the Kiwi bowlers struggled to chase down (wpleague.in).

Context in matches

For context, Rahul Dravid holds the record for most runs in Test matches between the two sides—1,659 runs across 15 matches (wpleague.in), accumulated during an era when India toured New Zealand regularly and built psychological comfort with those conditions. India’s biggest Test win by runs was 372 runs, achieved at Mumbai on 3 December 2021 (cricketsky.com), before New Zealand’s 2024 resurgence.

India vs New Zealand head to head ODI

The ODI chapter of this rivalry spans 123 matches since 1975, making it the most frequently contested format between the two nations. India’s 63-52 win advantage (wpleague.in) reflects both home conditions and depth in white-ball cricket, but New Zealand has consistently pushed India close in ICC tournaments.

Win records

India’s ODI win percentage of 51.2% against New Zealand represents a comfortable but not dominant margin (wpleague.in). The Kiwis’ 42.3% win rate tells a similar story—they’ve been competitive enough to win series, as shown by their recent 2026 series win in Indore (crictotal.com), but haven’t consistently converted those competitive performances into series wins on Indian soil.

Match results

The rivalry has produced several memorable chases and defensive battles. New Zealand’s WTC Final victory over India on 18 June 2021 remains their most significant ODI-format win against India in recent memory (cricketsky.com), achieved by 8 wickets and sealed with calm, calculated batting under pressure. The pattern across ODIs suggests India generally wins bilateral series while New Zealand more often claims the marquee knockout encounters.

The format breakdown reveals how India’s dominance varies by format, with the smallest margins appearing in T20Is despite India’s overall lead. New Zealand’s recent Test resurgence shows how a single dominant series can shift perception of an entire rivalry.

India leads in every single format, though the margins vary. New Zealand’s 2024 Test series win in India was a historic 3-0 whitewash that will be remembered for generations.

— wpleague.in (Stats Aggregator)

New Zealand’s 2024 Test series win in India demonstrated that on their day, the Black Caps can outplay any team in any condition. That Bengaluru victory marked the beginning of a historic week for New Zealand cricket.

— cricketsky.com (Cricket Analysis)

For Indian cricket, the 2024 Test humiliation demands a response—not just in words but in preparation, selection, and mental resilience on turning pitches. For New Zealand, the whitewash validates years of investment in spin-friendly strategies and proves the 2021 WTC Final victory wasn’t a one-off. The numbers show India leads overall, but cricket is rarely played on paper. The next chapter of this rivalry promises to be just as compelling as the last seven decades.

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