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New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner wasn’t chosen in New Zealand’s last XI in both of the two Tests against India. However, he made his quality felt. During the second Test against India at the Wankhede, a brutal exertion from the left-arm spinner guaranteed he got an enormous round of commendation from every last one.
During the principal innings of the subsequent Test, the group at Wankhede saw a gymnastic exertion from Santner, who was playing as a substitute defender. In the primary bundle of the 46th over, William Somerville flighted the ball to Shreyas Iyer who swung it over mid-wicket, and it looked all set to go for a six. In any case, the 29-year-old substitute defender showed some phenomenal handling abilities.
Mitchell Santner figured out how to pull the ball back in an incredible manner. As he was standing right at the ropes, he jumped as high as possible and apparently, took a fabulous overhead catch. Nonetheless, as he finished it, he understood that he was falling onto the ropes.
All things considered, he did well to toss the ball back at the last possible second. Henceforth, he kept the ball from going for a six, and got a decent round of commendation from his partners. Hence, Mitchell Santner proceeded to win the “Best Save of the Match” grant, regardless of not highlighting in the playing XI of this game. He won Rs 1 lakh for his endeavors too.
Difficult stretch for New Zealand on India visit
In any case, New Zealand persevered through a difficult stretch in India all through the entire visit. In the wake of getting whitewashed in the T20I series, they lost the Test series too. Notwithstanding splendid individual endeavors from a few of their players, they need to now get back with essentially nothing.
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Mitchell Santner agree that they were pounded by the hosts in the subsequent Test, as they lost the game by 372 runs. This misfortune guaranteed that the Kohli-drove side supplanted them as the main group in the ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings.
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