Bengaluru, Dec 7: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori on Wednesday conceded that it was the brilliance of one man – Yusuf Pathan - which took the game away from the Kiwis after the visitors posted a formidable total of 315 runs.

Vettori praised James Franklin for getting New Zealand past the 300-run mark but admitted that it was not possible to change the momentum when Yusuf Pathan was batting at the centre.

Excerpts:

On the match

Yeah, it was a great game. Over 300 runs by both the teams and a brilliant innings by Yusuf Pathan. I think it was amazing and I think it was the last powerplay which took the game away from us.

On James Franklin’s innings [98 off 69 balls]

I think James [Franklin] played exceptionally well. To play so well at the death and give us a formidable score was a great effort.

On the rain interruption

It should really have favoured us. It breaks the momentum of the batting team and there was a chance for us to regroup.

On the ball getting wet in the outfield

I don’t think that it was that bad as people made it look. It was hard to stop when they had the momentum.