Top 5 test matches between India and New Zealand

#3 Westpac Park, Hamilton, December 2002 (New Zealand won by 4 wickets)

In one of the shortest Test matches in terms of overs ever played between the two teams, on a minefield of a pitch, India were bundled out for 99 in 38.2 overs batting first. Interestingly, Day 1 of the Test had been abandoned and not much cricket was possible on Day 2 either.

Only VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh managed double figures as Shane Bond and Daryl Tuffey looked unplayable. It was the same for New Zealand as well who were dismissed for just 94 in 38.2 overs, thanks to a five-wicket haul by Zaheer Khan. It was the first time in Test history that both teams scored less than 100 in their first innings and a team that scored less than 100 still managed a lead.

India were all out again for 154 in the second innings despite a brief, but stubborn partnership between Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. New Zealand had a target of 160 runs, the biggest total of the match but they were steadied by their skipper Stephen Fleming as the Kiwis knocked off the runs, with 4 wickets to spare.

New Zealand took the series 2-0 as India missed out on yet another chance to pick a valuable away victory, thanks to their famed lower-order woes.