Bash brothers

MA Chidambaram Stadium: Stand-in captain Daryl Mitchell lauded New Zealand’s depth after the Black Caps cruised to an eight-wicket win over Canada at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, securing their spot in the Super 8s.

Chasing 174, New Zealand recovered from an early wobble at 30/2, with Glenn Phillips’ 76 not out and Rachin Ravindra’s unbeaten 59 anchoring a match-winning partnership of more than 100 runs.

On the early dismissals of Finn Allen and Tim Seifert, Daryl, who stood as captain in place of Mitchell Santner, said, “We back everyone in the side. We obviously got the Bash Brothers up top who do their thing. It's the nature of, I guess, how we try to line up with our team is that we know we bat really deep and everyone can get the job done on the day.”