Mitchell Santner reveals the secret of his success. (Photo: PTI)
Team India’s batsmen collapsed on the second day of the Pune Test. No batsman could score a half-century. The entire team collapsed for just 156 runs. New Zealand left-arm bowler Mitchell Santner played a big role in this. Team India’s batting lineup completely disintegrated in front of him. More than half of the team’s hitters were his victims. Santner took 7 wickets for 53 runs in the Pune Test. After the end of the second day’s play, he revealed the secret of his success against the Indian batsmen. He told how he managed to take wickets thanks to Washington Sundar.
How did Sundar help Santner?
Washington Sundar bowled excellently during New Zealand’s first innings. He took 7 wickets for 59 runs and proved to be the most successful bowler. Mitchell Santner revealed during the press conference after the end of the second day’s play that he was watching bowling. The idea of using angle and pace came after watching his bowling.
Santner said that throughout the innings, he was just trying to bowl the ball at the right angle and with pace like Sundar. He was trying to keep the ball speed at 90. As the match progressed, the pace also changed. Due to this, he gained success and managed to give his team a lead of 103 runs.
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He took 5 wickets for the first time.
The Indian team started the second day with the loss of 1 wicket. The team received its second blow with a score of 50. Santner opened his story by dismissing Shubman Gill. After this he didn’t stop. He took a total of 7 wickets including Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan.
Along with this, he also achieved the feat of taking the first 5-wicket haul in his Test career. Not only this, he also became New Zealand’s third best performing player in India. At the start of 2021, Ajaz Patel had taken 10 wickets for 119 runs. While in 1976, Richard Hadlee took 7 wickets for 23 runs. Now Santner has taken 7 wickets for 53 runs.
