Christchurch [New Zealand], October 24 (ANI): New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner made historical past in the course of the second T20I towards India at Christchurch, as he turned the first-ever bowler to take a number of four-wicket hauls towards India in T20Is.
Within the second T20I, Santner got here to the assault, completely ruining a good begin that India had made throughout their 181-run chase, inflicting them to go from 40/0 to 112/6 in 14.5 overs. He ended with figures of 4/21 in 4 overs.
His first four-fer towards India got here approach again in T20 World Cup 2016 at Nagpur, taking 4/11 to assist Kiwis defend 127 at Nagpur and skittle India out for simply 79 runs.
Solely three different spinners have taken a four-wicket haul towards India in T20Is: With them being: Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga (4/9 at Colombo, 2021), NZ legend Daniel Vettori (4/20 at Johannesburg, 2007 T20 World Cup) and Scotland’s Gerhard Erasmus (4/20 at Delhi, 2026 T20 World Cup).
Santner has entered the highest 10 T20I wicket-takers listing, tying with India’s left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh with 148 wickets in 140 matches at a mean of 23.29 and an economic system fee of seven.18, with finest figures of 4/11. Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan (197 wickets in 118 matches) is the main T20I wicket-taker.
Coming to the match, India gained the toss and elected to bowl first. They’d New Zealand down 41/3 throughout the powerplay. Glenn Phillips (70 in 46 balls, with 4 boundaries and sixes every) and Bevon Jacobs (58 in 46 balls, with 5 fours and a six) led New Zealand’s restoration after an early top-order collapse towards India after Kiwis had been down 41/3 inside powerplay, stitching a 116-run stand for the fourth wicket, taking NZ to 180/5 in 20 overs.
In addition to Arshdeep’s 2/33, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prince Yadav and Nitish Kumar Reddy received a wicket every.
Whereas chasing 181 set by New Zealand, the world champions collapsed from 40/0 to 112/6, with Mitchell Santner’s four-fer inflicting havoc within the center overs. The hope was reinstated by a quickfire 31 in 17 balls (with a 4 and three sixes) by Naman Dhir, and it was Tilak (51* in 26 balls, with six fours and a six) and Nitish (26* in 13 balls, with a 4 and a six) who took India to victory with a ball left. India is 2-0 up within the five-match sequence. (ANI)
