India, March 2 -- India would have been wary of Mitchell Santner slowing down their scoring. Well, he did. They would have been mindful of the tall Will O'Rourke foxing a few of their batters with clever deliveries in between his short-pitch barrage. He did employ the tactic, but with limited returns. As it turned out, their 33-year-old understated pace workhorse Matt Henry inflicted the most painful blows on India in their final Champions Trophy Group A game here on Sunday.

Henry's breakthroughs with the new ball, the most telling contribution in his spell of 8-0-42-5, was what kept India's total in check, restricting it to 249/9 on a slow pitch.

Come to think of it, no New Zealand resource should come as a surprise. Certainly not Henr...