He didn't get me out 27 times. He got a few other blokes out too

After losing all the Tests in a series they would have been hopeful of doing well in, Kane Williamson managed to retain some humour, but he knew his side was done in by a mix of difficult conditions for them, the quality of their opposition in those conditions, and their own lack of application at times. In packed schedules nowadays, you hardly get time to acclimatise, which means you don't have too many second chances. The most disappointing aspect for New Zealand will be that when they got a surface in Indore that resembled classic Indian pitches, they couldn't bat for long enough. It didn't help that they never won a toss, and India always were in the ascendency.

When asked about R Ashwin's hold on him - the leading wicket-taker of the series took out Williamson all four times he batted - Williamson joked: "He didn't get me out 27 times. He got a few other blokes out too."