New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner hailed the bowling unit for a superb display in the powerplay after their 17-run victory according to the DLS method against Bangladesh in the third and final T20I of three-match series on Sunday.
A four-wicket haul by Mitchell Santner and fiery knocks by Finn Allen and James Neesham helped New Zealand secure a 17-run win over Bangladesh in the third T20I via DLS method on Sunday.
Bangladesh fought till the end in the final T20I but couldn’t get across the line due to a lacklustre batting performance and stellar bowling from the hosts.
Santner believes that New Zealand bowled effectively as a group and did not enable Bangladesh to run away with a large total. Star pacer Tim Southee returned with a figure of 2/25 while Adam Milne and Ben Sears finished with two-wicket hauls respectively. Santner shone both with bat and ball as he bagged four wickets conceding just 16 runs while playing a crucial inning of 18 runs.
“It was nice to win. I was just thinking of changing the pace and getting bounce. The seamers bowled extremely well too. It does, for sure. We knew the powerplay was key. Not easy to bowl in the powerplay and we did well to pick up wickets.
I could come in after that and float some up. We always knew there was going to be rain. The bowlers did the job up front and good to get across the line. Tough series overall,” Santner said in an post-match presentation.
The three-match T20I series has ended in a 1-1 draw. The second T20I could not produce a result due to rain.
Coming to the third T20I, New Zealand put Bangladesh to field first.
