IND vs NZ: Glenn Phillips Opens Up On Wild Celebration After Getting The Wicket Of Virat Kohli

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The former Indian skipper Virat Kohli got out on the last ball of the day 3, bowled by the New Zealand all-rounder Glenn Phillips. Recently, in an interaction with New Zealand Cricket (NZC), the all-rounder talked about his celebration after dismissing the star Indian Batter.

Before the dismissal of Virat Kohli on day 3, he was involved in the partnership for the third-wicket with Sarfaraz Khan and with his wicket a threatening partnership of 136-runs comes to an end.

Glenn Phillips was over the moon after taking priced wicket of Virat Kohli

The off- spinner opened up on his animated celebration and called Kohli ‘one of the biggest wickets in Test cricket’. He further mentioned how his dismissal on 70 kept the momntum up in the New Zealand dressing room heading into Day 4.

“Yeah, he is probably one of the biggest wickets in Test cricket going around at the moment. To be able, to produce something special on the last ball of the day, was quite incredible. They put on a big partnership and put us on the back foot. But to contribute in that way, on the last ball of the day, the tension had built up. They had been playing really well upto that point, took a little bit of momentum for us going into the next day,” Glenn Phillips said in an interview with New Zealand Cricket (NZC).

With Bengaluru win  New Zealand ended their drought

The Blackcaps won a Test in India after 36 years with their last win coming way back in 1988. New Zealand will be looking to seal the series with a win in Pune, also their eyes will be on the spot of World Test Championship Final in 2025.

“It is absolutely phenomenal. A lot of New Zealand sides have come and tried, and unfortunately they have not been on the winning end of it but for us to come and perform like this, and produce a win for the first time in 36 years, it’s pretty special,” he added.

India will be desperate to make a comeback in the second Test set to begin from Thursday, October 24 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. Shubman Gill will be back in the squad for the second test as team management.

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