New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell believes Mitchell Santner is one of the best spinners in the world in white-ball cricket. After the left-arm spinner’s impressive performance in the series opener against India in Ranchi on Friday.
Daryl Mitchell, who was named man of the match, said in a conversation with the media after the match –
“He is one of the best white-ball spinners in world cricket at the moment.”
He picked up the wicket of the in-form Shubman Gil. Gill propelled India to a 3–0 clean sweep over the Kiwis in the previous ODI series.
Mitchell said – “He (Santner) keeps proving his class. It was a very special spell from him that put us in a good position to win. He has done this for a long time, we are very lucky to have him in our team.” is near.”
Santner returned with impressive figures of 2/11 from his four overs to guide New Zealand to a 21-run win over India in the first T20I of the three-match series. He bowled brilliantly and kept India in check by bowling a maiden over to the dangerous Suryakumar Yadav in the powerplay.
Mitchell said –
“I thought the partnerships that Finn and Dev (Conway) put together and obviously Glenn (Phillips) and Dev also allowed us to take the innings deep and allowed us to put some pressure on India at the end of the innings.”
