"Pretty Good Surface Really"- Kane Williamson Shuts Down 'Pitch Switch' Talks

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson played down talks of doctored pitches as he labelled the Wankhede track as a “good surface” putting an end to all the criticism of playing on a used pitch.

India defeated New Zealand New Zealand by 70 runs in the first semi-final on Wednesday, with more than 700 runs scored in the match. India scored 397/4 batting first. In reply, the Kiwis scored 327 before being bowled out.

There were rumours that the pitch was changed after consultation from the Indian management to change the game in India’s favour. However, Kane Williamson spoke about the pitch putting all doubts to rest saying that it was a pretty good surface.

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“No, I mean, yeah it was a used wicket, but a pretty good surface really, as we saw. I mean, they got plenty out of it in the first half of the match. And conditions, I guess they change as they go under lights and things, and that’s what we’ve seen throughout this competition. That’s fine, that’s what you expect and they played really well. So yeah, I mean it’s disappointing to get to this stage and not go further, but also at the same time you sort of reflect on the seven weeks rather than a couple of small moments and we lost to a better side,” he said, responding to a reporter’s question.

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He further credited the Indian team as the ‘the best team in the world’ saying that they will enter the final with full confidence.

“They’re the best team in the world and they’re all playing their best cricket, so that’s tough. And I think we see in cricket – often it’s surrounded with failure and how you deal with it. The way they’ve played throughout this tournament has been incredible. They haven’t missed a beat really and to come into a semi-final, you go through your round-robin and you try and get to the stage and it starts again but the way they came out and played, yeah, shows the mindset that they have and the space that they’re in and I’ve got no doubt they’ll go into that next match full of confidence,” said the Kiwi skipper.

Australia and South Africa play the second semi-final in Kolkata on Thursday. The winner of that game will play against India in the World Cup final on Sunday.

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