CSK boys Mitchell Santner, Devon Conway gave inside info on Chepauk: Daryl Mitchell

New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson was happy with the bounce on supply from the pitch on the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Friday. His fiery spell, wherein he peppered the Bangladesh batters with short-pitched deliveries, paid wealthy dividends as he scalped three wickets and grabbed the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his efforts.

“It was nice. I have played once here before, and it was spin-friendly. But it’s nice that this wicket had pace and bounce,” mentioned the Kiwi pacer.

“When it was not swinging and on a fuller length, it looked pretty defendable. We tried to change things up, go short, and sort of do what I do through the middle,” added Ferguson.

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“We are trying to be creative in the middle period. We are just trying to take wickets, and it’s important here in India. We did that well as a group in the first three games. Once again, I’m trying to find different ways to put the batters under pressure and hopefully get a wicket.

The other star for the Black Caps was Daryl Mitchell, who, too, made it clear that he would prefer the same strip for the team’s next match against Afghanistan on Wednesday.

Mitchell started scratchily trying to take on the spinners before coming into his own as he took the attack to the opposition and finished with an unbeaten 89.

“There’s a job for me to do within this team, and it involves being a part of the partnership and communicating with each other. We were trying to put the pressure back on the opposition, and it was nice to get the job done,” mentioned Mitchell on his aggressive strategy from the beginning.

The all-rounder additionally mentioned Devon Conway and Mitchell Santner’s data of the situations from their time with the Chennai Super Kings within the IPL helped the staff put together.

“It definitely had a little bit of bounce. A couple of Chennai boys in Santner and Conway gave us some inside information, which was good to have. It’s a nice wicket, and hopefully, it’s the same in a few days’ time,” he added.