India and New Zealand will meet in the ICC Cricket World Cup round robin fixture at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) in Dharamsala on Sunday. For India, the aim will not only be to remain unbeaten at the World Cup but also end their dismal record over the Black Caps in ICC tournaments.
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The two teams are unbeaten at the current ODI World Cup with four wins in four matches. New Zealand have registered wins over England, Netherlands, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Meanwhile, India have collected two points each over Australia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. They are the only teams to be unbeaten in the tournament thus far. One of them will see their streak end.
India and New Zealand’s most recent meeting in an ICC event came in 2021 when they met in the World Test Championship (WTC) final in June and it was followed by the clash in the T20 World Cup in October. In both matches, New Zealand emerged triumphant.
The last time India beat New Zealand in an ICC tournament was back in 2003 at the ODI World Cup. Then, under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, India beat New Zealand by seven-wickets. Since then, India have faltered every time against the Black Caps in ICC events.
2007 T20 World Cup: New Zealand won by 10 runs
India, who won the T20 World Cup in 2007, suffered their only defeat at the tournament against New Zealand. Brendon McCullum (45 off 31), Craig McMillan (44 off 23) and Jacob Oram (33 off 15 balls) starred to score 190 runs when batting first. In reply, Gautam Gambhir (51 off 33) and Virender Sehwag (40 off 17) had India off to a flier with 76 runs from six overs. The middle order struggled and India fell short by 10 runs.
2016 T20 World Cup: New Zealand won by 47 runs
India’s campaign at the 2016 T20 World Cup at home got off to a disappointing start when they lost by 47 runs. New Zealand stuttered to begin with but Corey Anderson (34 off 42), Mitchell Santner (18) and Luke Ronchi (21 off 11) provided a fighting 126 run total. In reply, India collapsed miserably with only Virat Kohli (23), MS Dhoni (30) and R Ashwin (10) reaching double digits. India’s 79-run total is their second lowest in T20I cricket and worst at a T20 World Cup.
2019 World Cup: New Zealand won by 18 runs
India and New Zealand’s league stage game was abandoned. They met in the semi-finals and the contest marks the last international game for legendary MS Dhoni. Batting first, New Zealand 239 runs with Ross Taylor (74) and Kane Williamson (67) the chief architects in the build. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took three wickets to keep the Blacps Caps pegged back.
But India suffered a dreadful start to go 5/3 and then 24/4. Rishabh Pant (32) and Hardik Pandya (32) tried to salvage the situation. As did Dhoni (50) and Ravindra Jadeja (77) but to fall short.
2021 ICC World Test Championship final: New Zealand won by 8 wickets
New Zealand became the first ICC World Test Championship winners when they beat India by 8 wickets in Southampton in 2021. In a thrilling finish, that was made interesting by random showers, India made just 170 runs in the third innings after conceding a 32-run deficit. All but four players scored double digits for India but none could make it big with Tim Southee taking four wickets and three went to Boult.
New Zealand had no trouble getting to the finish line with Kane Williamson (52*) and Ross Taylor (47*) driving them home.
2021 T20 World Cup: New Zealand won by 8 wickets
At the 2021 T20 World Cup, the last meeting in an ICC event between the two, New Zealand won by 8 wickets with 33 balls to spare. Batting first, India scored a mere 110 runs from 20 overs with Ravindra Jadeja (26) and Hardik Pandya (23) top-scoring. Trent Boult took three wickets on the day.
New Zealand reached the target with ease as Daryl Mitchell slammed 49 runs and Kane Williamson remained unbeaten on 33.
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