“I think the tale of the day was the two Powerplays. They were 90 for none and we were three for 40,” Santner said after the final. “When you come up against a very good team in a final, you always want to do well. We obviously know that we weren’t at our best tonight and if you aren’t at your best against a very good team, you are going to be exposed and that’s what we were tonight.”
While India openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma took their time to get going – scoring just 12 off two overs before going berserk to add 80 more runs in the next four overs – New Zealand contributed handsomely by bowling wide of the stumps way too early in the innings.
“Credit to Sanju and Abhishek at the top to get 90 (92) off the Powerplay.” Santner said. “It is pretty tough from there (to come back). It was a pretty good wicket throughout. There wasn’t much for the bowlers. The cutters weren’t really holding, not much spin. Either way you look at it, if we could have got a couple in the Powerplay, squeeze them a little bit through the middle, 220 could have been chased down on a very good wicket.”
Published on Mar 09, 2026
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