Even before the take a look at series between India and New Zealand started out, Mitchell Santner, the left-armer for new Zealand, changed into earmarked as one of the most dangerous players in the visitors' line-up. With the capacity to do harm with each bat and ball, Santner changed into looked at, likely, as New Zealand's trump card at the turning tracks in India. On Thursday (September 22), Santner proved how vital his performances are going to be throughout the route of the series as he helped his side degree a excellent turnaround with 3 vital wickets to his call. Santner become New Zealand's best bowler, selecting up three wickets at crucial stages of the sport to set the home group returned. His efforts ensured India limped in to stumps at 291/nine having opted to bat first. He ended the day with three for seventy seven and fronted the media on the give up of the day's play. Excerpts: thoughts on how the healthy is presently poised (India are 291/nine having opted to bat first on what appeared a quite placid music) After dropping the toss, I suppose we're in a reasonably excellent function. (The pitch) turned into quite flat to begin with... they did bat properly. We have been lucky we were given some wickets right here and there to tug it back. manifestly, we have to select up this last wicket after which bat well, build partnerships. Did the humidity and sweat abate reverse swing? Yeah, I bet this is the key, to attempt to preserve it dry. it's very hard whilst you're sweating quite a chunk, however you simply have to find a manner to hold the ball dry to attempt get the opposite swing. Even for the spinners, to try and maintain your fingers dry is key to grip the ball. What changed into the plan when there were correct partnerships? (Santner's three wickets - KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara and Rohit Sharma, all got here against the run of play and when India had been enjoying a great stand) They did bat well. each Pujara and Vijay regarded quite high-quality towards the spinners. that they had a plan. They in reality rotated the strike pretty nicely, which become key. Our plan would not exchange too much, it became to bowl in top areas, build pressure that manner and get wickets. The ball wasn't spinning too much than it did afterward. 291/9, no longer too awful. Did bowling in India go the way you deliberate it might? Yeah I suggest, the heat become what we thought approximately within the warm-up video games, in training - the way to hold the ball, keep it dry. Pujara, Vijay and Ashwin played surely well. They have been pretty wonderful to the spinners. They attempted to place you off your duration. They batted surely well. it is a learning revel in over here, getting those overs below the belt. Did the pitch alternate a lot? The extra you're on the wicket, the more used you'll get in terms of the surface getting a little greater tougher to bat on maybe. if you bowl in the right areas, it is still quite difficult to play. I guess you just have to do it for an extended period of time and then go from there. at the flipside, Pujara, Ashwin and Vijay batted very well. They rotated the strike and kept scoring at an excellent rate that's what you want in this wicket. Did you communicate to Vettori approximately how it is to play here? Our verbal exchange became more approximately bowling the ball in one location for an extended period of time however still having lots on it. now not try to do an excessive amount of, let the wicket come and play its component. With now not a lot turn, you try and be patient and construct extra dots, try and get wickets that manner through false shots. Vijay and also you both say your teams are in a good position. What is a superb overall to chase in the fourth innings? (Vijay said inside the day stop convention that India had an excellent total at the board for their bowlers to play with) there may be plenty of cricket to be played nonetheless. First things first, it's to get the last wicket early the following day after which as soon as we bat, build partnerships and pass from there. I do not suppose we can get too far in advance in phrases of considering chasing a fourth-innings rating in the meanwhile. simply take it day by day and move from there. What were the important thing moments of the day? They were given a excellent begin at a hundred for 1. That partnership among Vijay and Pujara became excellent. like you said, Kohli's is a large wicket, however India have a completely sturdy batting line-up going down to Jadeja at No.9. So each wicket we got turned into critical due to the fact they are able to all take it faraway from you. but we stuck it out. caught to our plans fairly nicely and managed to get a couple greater towards the end to be in now not-a-horrific role going into tomorrow. Did you strive bowling faster due to slow turn? If it become turning, it became turning very gradual. I guess it became a case of finding your duration early and then going from there. Ya, I bet we might have been at the shorter aspect, but it's approximately searching for the tempo so one can fit for that wicket. it would alternate within the 2nd innings, I do not know. Mark Craig bowled thoroughly nowadays. And as three spinners, I think we may be moderately satisfied with our hauls. It just depends at the batters and the situations. If it is turning slow, you need for you to beat the bat at a reasonable pace. nowadays might have proven that a quicker tempo is good on that floor but the key as a spinner is to mix up your pace as well. it might exchange in a while in the innings, but nowadays that faster pace changed into absolutely more useful. How do you handle players (like Pujara) once they use their toes and does that still make you pull period back? sure, for positive. If the batter is the usage of his feet well, it does take you off your duration a bit bit. And Pujara did it thoroughly. He was able to come down the song nicely. And then you definately would possibly pull your duration back and then he become excellent at getting proper returned in his crease and reducing as properly. I assume he performed thoroughly nowadays. it is a case of if you may see him coming, pull your period lower back a piece, however if you bowl at a faster pace then it is more difficult. you've got simply got to be patient and no longer get too worried approximately it. keep bowling and build stress that way.