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“Those little moments hurt us”: Mitchell Santner explains New Zealand’s consecutive defeats against India

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner identified critical errors and momentum shifts as the primary reasons for his team's second consecutive T20I loss to India. Despite a strong start that saw the hosts reduce India to five wickets before the eleventh over, the visitors recovered through key contributions from Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, and Nitish Kumar Reddy to secure the win.

New Zealand had posted 180 runs behind solid batting performances from Glenn Phillips and Bevon Jacobs, while Santner himself claimed four wickets. Santner noted that costly mistakes, including no-balls, ultimately proved decisive in the narrow defeat.

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