The Indian cricket team would play two Tests and five One-Day Internationals on their first tour of New Zealand in six years starting in March.

The tour would last from March 6 to April 7, 2009. It would commence with a one-off Twenty20 international at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium on March 6, a media release from the Cricket Board said.

The One-day series would precede the short Test rubber, it added.

India last toured the Kiwi country in 2002-03.

The full schedule :

March 6: T20 International at Westpac Stadium, Wellington
March 8: 1st ODI at McLean Park, Napier (Day/night)
March 11: 2nd ODI at Seddon Park, Haminton (Day/night)
March 14: 3rd ODI at Eden Park, Auckland (Day/night)
March 17: 4th ODI at Westpac Stadium, Wellington (Day/night)
March 20: 5th and final ODI AMI Stadium, Christchurch (Day/night)
March 22-24: vs New Zealand XI at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln University
March 26-30: 1st Test, Seddon Park, Hamilton Apr 3-7: 2nd Test, Basin Reserve, Wellington

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