IND vs NZ Tom Latham Statement: New Zealand has come to India and defeated India in the test series. After 12 years, Team India had to face defeat in the Test series at home. But, everyone is wondering how the Kiwi team defeated Team India at its home. This has been disclosed by Kiwi Captain Tom Latham himself. Let us tell you what Tom Latham said?
It is not easy for any team to come to India and defeat India. That too, defeating him in two test matches back to back would have been even more challenging. But, New Zealand did this and stopped India's 12-year-old Vijayrath. However, after the end of the Pune Test match, Kiwi captain Tim Southee revealed how they achieved victory. Saudi has told that he decided to dominate India.
Tim Southee said in the post match presentation, 'We dominated India and played. We were successful in giving them shocks from the very beginning. Apart from this, the decision of toss also went in our favor. It really played an important role for us.
'We wanted to present a tough challenge to them and give them a shock in the beginning in which we were completely successful. We also performed well in batting which was very important. Our bowlers bowled very well. It was great to see his performance like this.
IPL also played an important role
New Zealand's spin bowler Mitchell Santner attacked the Indian batsmen. He took 7 wickets in the first innings of Pune Test and 6 wickets in the second innings.
Captain Tim Southee while talking about his performance said, 'Mitch has been playing in the IPL for Chennai Super Kings for a long time. He has been a part of our cricket team for a long time and we know what a useful bowler he is. The team is really proud of him for the way he bowled.
New Zealand performed brilliantly
A 3-match test series is being played between India and New Zealand. New Zealand won the first match of the series and then India won the second test played in Pune and captured the series 2-0. Now the third match will be played in Mumbai from 1st November.
