Comparing his team to David, the biblical underdog who defeated the giant Goliath, he highlighted that his team is often underestimated and not expected to perform well, but they consistently prove themselves, often surpassing expectations.
New Zealand's star batter Glenn Phillips praised India's ace seamer Jasprit Bumrah as a class bowler with fantastic variations, especially in the death overs.
Kiwi skipper Mitchell Santner gave the 18th over to Glenn Phillips, who started well with a single. But, Ahmed hit a six on the second delivery and took a single on the next. Will Jacks hit three boundaries in the next three deliveries to end the over with 22 runs.
Phillips achieved this milestone during his side's ICC T20 World Cup match against Canada in Chennai. During his knock, Phillips slammed four boundaries and six maximums, scoring 76* in just 36 balls.
Samra tumbled records at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday when he became the youngest batter to score a century in a T20 World Cup match after smashing a 58-ball ton.
Chasing a challenging target of 174 runs, New Zealand lost the wicket of opener batter Tim Seifert in the third over. He made just six runs off 10 balls. Finn Allen also followed him soon after, making 21 runs off just eight balls, including two fours and a six.
The 29-year-old flamboyant batter now has 2147 runs in the shortest format in 89 T20Is with an average of 31.57 and strike rate of almost 142. Former Kiwi opener Martin Guptill is leading the list with 3531 runs followed by Kane Williamson with 2575 runs.
New Zealand defeated Afghanistan by five wickets in both teams' first match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. Notably, the win also marked New Zealand recording their highest successful run-chase in the T20 World Cup history.
New Zealand batter Glenn Phillips etched his name into the record books as he became only the third New Zealand cricketer to reach the milestone of 100 sixes in T20Is during the 4th India vs New Zealand T20I.
The trio of Bumrah, Pandya and Bishnoi shared seven wickets among them, with Bumrah scalping three. India, who are already 2-0 up in the five-match T20 series, need 154 to seal the series with ease.
Ashwin was speaking on his YouTube Channel, 'Ash Ki Baat' after Phillips had smacked a stroke-filled 40-ball 78 during a tough chase of 239 against India at Nagpur, giving the Kiwis a fighting chance by putting a partnership for the third wicket with Mark Chapman for 79 runs.
Following India's win over New Zealand in the first T20I, former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull hailed Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh for their knocks, pointing out how the latter has not played enough T20I cricket for his country and should have played 100 matches by now for his abiliti