The Kiwis have begun to fly and fly high too! What else can one say after the spectacular performance of the New Zealand cricket team from the land of the Kiwis. The team seemed in a dream world after their sparkling show in India, whitewashing the host with a 3-0 Test series win. In the process it meted out to India its worst defeat on home soil. The humiliating loss at the Wankhede stadium, where 13 years back India had won a world cup, brought down a proud record which was the envy of the cricket world. A little over ten days ago the women cricketers from New Zealand had made history by winning the T20 world cup held in Dubai. This was New Zealand cricket’s first ever T20 world cup triumph. Taking a leaf of inspiration, it would seem, from that was the men’s counterpart who after a forgettable and series-losing experience in Sri Lanka bounced back to leave India’s cricket fortunes in tatters in the latter’s home soil. It was a stunning show of self-confidence backed by self-belief that the visitors could come up with to meet this shocker.

Also consider, New Zealand was without its best player, Kane Williamson (on the injury list) and Tom Latham had just taken charge of the team but the unit hardly showed it lacked strength. The way Mitchell Santner spun his team to series glory at Pune with his........

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