“One thing we can’t do is we can’t change the surface,” Mitchell mentioned two days out of the Pune Check. “So for us, it’s reacting to what’s coming at us and adapting on the fly. We as Kiwis, that’s what we pride ourselves on, we get stuck into the moment, we stay where our feet are and we be as present as possible. We can’t change the wicket. What will be, will be. But I’m sure we’ll come up with a plan and find a way to take 20 wickets and hopefully score a few runs as well.”
“Look, that’s the nature of the game that we play, especially Test cricket,” he mentioned. “You know, you have little patches where you score a lot of runs and you have patches where I guess you get starts and you want to keep trying to convert. So, look, for me, I just love playing for New Zealand. It means a hell of a lot to pull on that baggy and play Test cricket. And I know that if I keep doing my job for the team, then personal milestones and things like that will take care of themselves.”
“Youngie and Rachin have been around our group for a long time even though they haven’t played a lot of cricket,” Mitchell mentioned. “They’ve been able to see how the culture works and how we want to go about playing as Black Caps. And they’ve fitted seamlessly into their roles.
“Will O’ Rourke, he’s a tender ability. He’s from my home group again house, so I’ve needed to face him enough quantity of instances within the nets and it’s now not a lot a laugh. So glance, he’s a stunning ability and I’m certain he’ll proceed to do wonderful factor for Fresh Zealand going forward.”
“He’s a big unit first of all,” Mitchell mentioned. “He’s tall, he bowls from a height but he also can get the balls to go both ways which is always a challenge especially in Christchurch at Hagley [Oval]. There’s a bit of bounce in those wickets, so as you can imagine it can be quite tough at times. “However yeah glance, he’s initially a stunning guy as neatly. He doesn’t say a quantity but if he does it’s nice-looking humorous and yeah, he’s just right to have round.”
