New Zealand’s debutant pace bowler Kyle Jamieson has shared his happiness after his maiden international game where he won the ‘man-of-the-match’ award in their 22-run victory over India on Saturday. Jamieson added a vital partnership with Ross Taylor and also took 2 for 42.

“Pretty surreal. You kind of grow up dreaming of these moments. Get your first cap and hope to make an impact and to play some sort of role in helping us first to get to a total and then restrict a pretty good batting line-up is very pleasing. And to have a series win tops it all,” he said on Saturday.

“Firstly, we were just trying to get to the 50 overs. We had plenty of time and that made it pretty simple. It was just about getting through that 50 overs and then my role became about how do I get Ross on strike and what end do we attack and what total do we need to get to and we ended up getting a little bit more because we kind of extended a wee bit, which was good. Pretty simple from Ross!,” expressed the debutant.

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Kyle Jamieson then dismissed Prithvi Shaw – his first wicket in the international front. Later he bowled Navdeep Saini who was nearly pulled off the game with Ravindra Jadeja late in the Indian chase.

“The debut wicket (was more special than the runs). I think hitting the six was a bit of a bonus. My role is to bowl and take wickets and restrict runs. To get that first one under the belt is quite special. But I think being able to perform that role, my core role, is special to me,” added the pacer.

“That’s a great question old man. On these small grounds, maybe bowling. I don’t know, I am not probably the guy to ask. I don’t bat enough to have a fair representation but look I enjoy the challenges of both,” he told.

“I don’t know it’s probably chopped and changed a few times. When I was growing up, I was a batter so I probably dreamt of scoring a hundred on debut so not quite that today. I guess as I have gotten older, it probably comes down to how can I contribute to the team and how can we win a game and win a series. In the present moment, doing that is the most special thing,” Kyle Jamieson concluded.