India had their first brush with the SG pink ball after they wrapped up the opening Test inside three days in Indore.
Zampa on his part felt that slowness of the wicket did help his cause.
With the win on Sunday, India won the three-match series 3-0 and Santner pointed out that New Zealand were good in patches and failed to get wickets upfront.
While the return of pace spearhead Anrich Nortje, who had been nursing an injury, bolstered the bowling unit, the South African, who hasn't bowled since the T20 World Cup in November, looked understandably rusty.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the first ODI against the West Indies?
Kolkata Knight Riders will have their task cut out as they take on a determined Royal Challengers Bangalore in their IPL 2022 league match on Wednesday.
How Rishabh Pant performs as skipper will be watched with interest
On Friday, the Kiwis started off in an explosive fashion going over 10 runs per over in the powerplay but they could not capitalise in the middle overs and were restricted to a modest 153/6.
SRH and PBKS will go all out to snap the two crucial points to nose ahead in the race for play-offs.
After the match, Dhoni admitted that the side was lacking steam in the batting department.
Kane Richardson says coach Andrew McDonald 'camped out' at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday night to check on dew
Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes the pressure and demand of captaincy took a toll on Ravindra Jadeja and affected the all-rounder's mind, resulting in his below-par showing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2022.
Kolkata Knight Riders are expected to continue with their risk-taking approach despite mixed returns when they on Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League, at the Wankhede stadium, in Mumbai on Friday.
Veteran spinner Imran Tahir described Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as 'unreal'
India captain Virat Kohli said Australia completely 'outplayed' the hosts in the two-match T20 International series and specially praised Glenn Maxwell for his marauding match-winning knock in the second match in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee is confident Aaron Finch and Co. can bounce back from their crushing group stage defeat at the hands of England provided their top-order fires in the upcoming matches of the T20 World Cup.
Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore go into the virtual quarter-final, having lost four and three games on the trot respectively
'The wicket definitely needs to be much better, even with dew it was spinning big'
India captain Virat Kohli, on Sunday, criticised the Decision Review System, saying 'it is not consistent at all and becoming a talking point in every game'.
With the top spot assured in the pool with a round to go, India was held to a 3-3 draw by a fighting Slovenia.
Title favourites England are expected to be tested for the first time in the ongoing T20 World Cup when they face arch-rivals Australia in a battle for supremacy in the Super 12 Group 1 here on Saturday.
'They totally blew us away during that partnership of Jonny and Ben Stokes. We didn't even have a chance during that partnership.'
Lucknow is hosting an international cricket match after 24 long years with the newly-built Ekana Stadium making its debut.
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli was all praise for his bowlers after victory over Delhi Capitals by one run in the IPL match in Ahmedabad on Tuesday .
Shifting his focus to the basics and a 'special chat' with his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate AB de Villiers helped India skipper Virat Kohli bounce back to his best in the second T20 International against England, in Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
Skipper Virat Kohli said the manner in which his side beat Delhi Capitals will give Royal Challengers Bangalore "the confidence to pull off a game from any situation" in the IPL play-offs.
Tendulkar, who had earlier voiced his concern about tackling the dew factor, said the Indian cricket think-tank should do a postmortem after the match gets over.
It was Rahul Tripathi, who eventually saved his team the blushes with a six off Ravichandran Ashwin in the final over, which sealed KKR a place in the final against Chennai Super Kings.
The US team fought back brilliantly after being trounced in Round 1 by India to win the second and the Blitz tie-break 4.5-1.5, emerging victorious in an exciting semi-final in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad on Tuesday.
Bumrah dismissed India team mate Shikhar Dhawan with a swinging yorker and sent back rival captain Shreyas Iyer, Delhi's top-scorer Marcus Stoinis and Daniel Sams to claim 4-14 and the man-of-the-match award.
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni conceded that his side failed to perform to potential after an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat to Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League match in Sharjah on Friday.
Ganguly said he is happy that India skipper Virat Kohli as well as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have agreed on a historic first at such a short notice.
Sourav Ganguly emphasised the need for playing day/night Tests to attract more spectators to stadiums.
But once Surya (33 off 27) was dismissed by Bishnoi in the 17th over -- MI at 105-2 -- they could just not lift the tempo.
The wicket at Chepauk has played slow but Rohit said they were 20-30 runs short.
'I think the longer boundary helped him gain some confidence with his yorker,' said RCB skipper Virat Kohli, at the post-match presentation ceremony
'My father is not Courtney Walsh,' is what Hayden Walsh has to keep reminding everyone
'We had Miller and Morris, but I thought it was tough. The boys did really well to get over the line.'
'The wicket did not seem to get slower, visually it looked a really good wicket, Warner and Bairstow played the conditions really well, they ran the twos really well. I think the wicket got slightly better in the second innings, which is disappointing for us. We wanted to chase, we felt there will be dew, but no excuses from us, we were just outplayed.'
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances