The New Zealand cricket team toured India in September and October 2016 to play three Test matches and five One Day Internationals (ODIs).

In April 2016, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the proposition of one of the Test matches being a day/night game.

[6] However, it was reported that a senior official of the Cricket Association of Bengal had confirmed that the Test match in Kolkata would be a day/night game.

[17] The chief executive of New Zealand Cricket, David White, said that their team would continue with the tour and were preparing to travel to Indore for the third Test.

[19] Tim Southee was ruled out of New Zealand's Test squad due to injury and was replaced by Matt Henry.