Rawalpindi, Feb. 24 -- Following his side's win over Bangladesh in the ICC Champions Trophy, New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner expressed happiness with his team's qualification to the semifinals and lauded Rachin Ravindra and Michael Bracewell for their outstanding performances.

Bracewell's four-fer helped set for Kiwis an easy target of 237 while Rachin's record-breaking century guided Kiwis to a hard-fought win against Bangladesh at Rawalpindi. With two wins in two matches, the Kiwis have reached the semifinals, and so have India, who is also sitting with two wins in two matches. Bangladesh and Pakistan, who have lost both of their matches with one match left, are out of the competition.

Speaking after the match, Santner said that ...