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toured New Zealand in February 2022. The tour consisted of five

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s (WODIs) and one

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(WT20I). The WODI matches were used as preparation for the

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, also taking place in New Zealand. The initial tour schedule had matches in North New Zealand. However, on 27 January 2022,

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announced a change to the itinerary, with all the matches being held at the John Davies Oval. New Zealand won the one-off WT20I match by 18 runs following an all-round performance from

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. New Zealand won the first WODI match by 62 runs after

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scored a century. As part of New Zealand's "contingency planning" for the Women's Cricket World Cup,

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captained the team for the second WODI match. New Zealand went on to win the match by three wickets, with

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scoring an unbeaten 119 runs. New Zealand won the third match by three wickets, winning the series with two matches to play. It was India's tenth consecutive loss in WODIs after batting first. The fourth WODI match was reduced to 20 overs per side due to rain. New Zealand won the match by 63 runs, following another all-round performance from Amelia Kerr. India won the fifth and final WODI match by six wickets, with New Zealand winning the series 4–1.

Squads

India's

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and Renuka Singh missed the WT20I match and the opening WODI fixture due to being in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) in New Zealand. As a result,

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was added to India's WODI squad, after previously only being named in their WT20I squad. Simran Bahadur was also added to India's WODI squad, making her debut in the second match. Following the conclusion of the second WODI, Smriti Mandhana, Meghna Singh and Renuka Singh were all out of quarantine and available to play in the remaining matches.

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was added to India's squad for the third WODI.

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was ruled out of New Zealand's squad for the last two WODI matches, after being deemed a close contact to someone with

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Only WT20I

WODI series

1st WODI

2nd WODI

3rd WODI

4th WODI

5th WODI

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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