"It'll sink in more when we get home": Tom Latham

After securing a Test series win against India in India New Zealand skipper Tom Latham said that the true magnitude of this victory will sink in once they are back homeDefeating India New Zealand brought an end to Indias unbeaten run in 18 Test series in their backyard over the last 12 years After beating India by eight wickets on a seaming wicket in Bengaluru in the first Test New Zealand won on spinfriendly pitches in Pune and Mumbai by 113 runs and 25 runs respectivelyIts been a massive achievement after the first Test it was obviously pretty special the second one to win a series was even more special Latham told the reporters hereWe spoke about coming here and trying to adapt as much as we can and to be in this position of winning 30 its certainly a series that Ill never forgetWell obviously celebrate as a group together over tonight and the next couple of days before we head home Its certainly been an amazing series to be a part of It will sink in a little bit more when we get home and once the dust settles a little bit he saidIts obviously a great moment for New Zealand cricket probably one of New Zealand crickets greatest series wins he addedTom Latham also opened up on winning two tosses out of three Tests by saying it was instrumental We managed to fall on the right side of a couple of tosses and in doing that we managed to put runs on the board in the last couple of games he saidWhen youre chasing scores from our point of view runs on the board are really important and some of these surfaces that weve played on have been really hard and they certainly havent got easier from a batting point of view he addedTom Latham believed that as long as Rishabh Pant was at the crease the game was still on The Indian wicketkeeperbatsman smashed 9 fours in his 64run knock which came in 59 deliveriesHe was the only batsman to score a halfcentury in Indias second innings of the run chase of 147 runsAlso ReadWinning IPL trophy is a dream and hopefully it comes true this year says Prabhsimran Singh after retentionWith Rishabh still there I certainly didnt believe that the game was over They India have match winners throughout their side and theyve been successful playing the way that theyve been playing for a long period of time he saidWe knew today India were going to come hard and they did that in Pune and they did that again today and we obviously managed to get the results which was really nice he saidHowever Latham said New Zealand players heard two noises when Pant came down to defend a delivery off Ajaz Patel and was contentiously declared out a dismissal that effectively gave New Zealand the winA few of us heard two noises When youre in that situation you leave it up to the umpires hands We cant necessarily see the footage that the third umpire gets so thats certainly out of our control in terms of what that may look like he saidWe heard a couple of noises and decided to take the review and it fell on the right side for us so thats up to the umpires its out of our control Latham addedTom Latham also heaped praise on Glenn Phillips for partnering up with Mitchell Santner and Ajaz Patel His role in the Test series was crucial as he claimed eight wickets across three TestsWere lucky with two guys in our top six that are able to bowl he saidRachin Ravindra didnt play a massive part with the ball this series but having Glenn who can bat at No 7 and bowl some offspins not long ago he was a wicketkeeper so hes come a long way over the last couple of yearsHes someone that loves bowling loves trying to get better not also as bowling but also as batting the way yesterday he came out and tried to counterpunch the Indian attack he managed to get 20 or 30 pretty quicklySometimes runs on these surfaces are more important than time so hes obviously played a massive part in our squad over the last couple of years Tom Latham addedWith PTI Inputs