We fired a shot first up against India in both games, says New Zealand skipper Tom Latham after series win

With a triumph connected Saturday, the Kiwis instrumentality an unassailable 2-0 pb successful the three-match series, marking the archetypal clip India person a mislaid a location Test bid successful 12 years.

Latham moreover emphasized the value of being connected the close broadside of the flip and making the astir of the conditions crossed the 2 games. “We’ve been connected the close broadside of a mates of tosses. I deliberation that (in 2nd Test) was the archetypal flip that I’ve won oregon been portion of, since being present truthful that played a large part, particularly successful Bangalore,” helium said.

Having won the flip and opted to bat first, New Zealand restricted India for a specified 156 runs successful effect to their full of 259 successful the archetypal innings. Carrying a 103-run lead, the Kiwis enactment unneurotic 255 runs successful the 2nd innings and were capable to restrict India for 245 connected Day 3.

Mitchell Santner finished with 13 wickets crossed the Test match.

“Mitch has been astatine Chennai (Super Kings) for a agelong time, (he is) idiosyncratic who been successful our radical for a agelong time, has played a tenable magnitude of Test cricket and we cognize however bully helium is,” Latham said.

“We cognize what helium tin nutrient and for him to travel present and vessel the mode that he’s bowled implicit the past mates of days, the radical is truly arrogant of him,” helium added.

Going into the last Test lucifer successful Mumbai starting adjacent week, the New Zealand skipper said helium expects India to beryllium astatine their champion to adjacent the bid connected a precocious note.

“They’ve got galore lucifer winners from 1 to 15 successful their squad and sometimes it’s the crippled we play, sometimes you tin autumn connected the incorrect broadside adjacent if you play well. We’ll surely expect them to beryllium astatine their champion successful Mumbai and the guys volition beryllium looking guardant to that challenge,” helium said.