SANTNER, CRAIG, SODHI BOWL LENGTHY SPELLS

New Zealand team management knows what lies ahead for them during the next six weeks in India and it was no wonder that spin troika of leg-spinner Ish Sodhi, offspinner Mark Craig and left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner bowled a lot during their two hour net session at the Kotla. With New Zealand captain Kane Williamson admitting that it will be a tough challenge to play Indian spinners on pitches that is unlikely to be proverbial belters, the Kiwi batsmen spent a lot of time in batting against their own spinners as well as the net bowlers.