Tom Latham led New Zealand and pushed them to a 113-run victory against India. With this, New Zealand broke India’s 12 year streak of dominating Test cricket in home grounds.
After the match, Tom highlighted what Indian team lacked and New Zealand did the right way to claim the series. He stated that the game was clear example of everyone stepping up at right times.
Both batters and bowlers came when New Zealand needed them the most. It was Mitchell Santner who gave support to Kiwi’s bowling attack and crumbled Indian batters with his fierce spin.
“It is obviously a special feeling. Very proud to be up here. It is a team effort. This game was a clear example of everyone stepping up at the right times. Very special. When you come here, you want to put your best foot forward. We wanted to stay with our feet out and the way Mitch Santner bowled in the first innings, he was fantastic. He bowled brilliantly in the first and second innings,” Latham said at the post-match presentation.
“Thought we didn’t play too badly in SL. You look at the result but we did a few good things. We wanted to stick to the basics. We wanted to fire our shots and thought we have done that well. [Talk after day 2] Just wanted to be positive. We put ourselves on the front foot last night. The runs were important. The way GP played in the morning was very important. India came out hot, but we got the breakthroughs. It was a great middle session. Not just mitch but GP and Ajaz. The last three wickets took an age, but it was great,” Latham concluded.
