New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said beating the world’s number one Test side India by 2-0 in their two-match series was very satisfying. The Kiwis whitewashed India when they won the second Test at Christchurch by 7 wickets on Monday (March 2).
“It’s a fine line, India are a world-class side and to beat them is quite satisfying. It was a great effort from us,” Kane Williamson said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
“These were fairly supporting surfaces, you could create opportunities throughout. History suggests it does a bit initially and flattens out. 30s and 40-run partnership was huge on this surface. It was a fantastic series from the outside and I’m happy with the way we stuck at it,” he said.
However, he praised the Man of the Match Kyle Jamieson, who impressed in both matches with his all-round performance.
“Jamieson is an exciting talent, contributed very well in both games. The runs he scored towards the back end of both games were incredibly valuable. These two games are opportunities for us to try and take steps forward. Looking to finish off the season on a high,” he added.
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New Zealand won their first Test against India in Wellington by 10 wickets in little over three days while the second Test they won by seven wickets even quicker.
“It’s an outstanding performance. I sort of said it recently but I don’t think the result reflected how competitive the match was. Perhaps another 50 more runs from the India’s perspective would have made it quite a balanced-looking match,” Williamson said.
“Both games were a really good balance in terms of the surface between bat and ball and runs were quite tough to come by. You had to have a little bit of fortune go your way and then try and put a bit of pressure on the bowlers first. A great performance over the last two games from the guys,” he shared.
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However, Williamson had no problem in admitting that tracks were made in favour of bowlers and the bowlers from both teams were pretty impressive in both games as well.
“I guess you look at the surfaces and they both were perhaps seam-bowler friendly. But as a batting unit as well, the contributions that were made to get us to parity in the first innings of this game and in Wellington to get competitive totals on the board on these surfaces were really pleasing to see,” he said.
“In the last two games, the reward was a little bit quicker because the surfaces were slightly different to what we have had in the past. But at the same time, it’s great when you see Test cricket where there is that balance, whether it is early, in the back-end of the game or perhaps the added pace meant that with the sideways movement, perhaps it always had a ball with your name on it,” Kane Williamson concluded.
