NZ vs IND, 4th ODI: Matt Henry revealed how keeping things simple and exploiting favourable conditions helped him produce a stunning triple-wicket maiden against India in the fourth ODI.Matt Henry took a triple wicket maiden against India. Courtesy: AFPNew Delhi,Nov 13, 2026 16:02 ISTNew Zealand pacer Matt Henry opened up about his incredible triple-wicket maiden against India in the fourth ODI at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.

On Friday, November 13, while defending 334, Henry dismissed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer for ducks in a devastating opening spell, leaving India reeling.Henry eventually finished with figures of 9.4-2-27-6 as the Black Caps thrashed India by 244 runs. The pacer revealed how keeping his approach simple, bowling accurately and bringing the stumps into play helped him exploit the favourable conditions and trouble India's batters with sharp movement."I think it helps when the ball moves like that, but you're just trying to bring the stumps into play.

It's about keeping things simple. Bowling into the breeze probably simplified my plan even more," Henry said in the post-match press conference."Ironically, you're probably not as attacking as you usually would be.

Being simple and accurate out there proved effective. When the ball moves sharply like that, especially when it's the first ball for most of those batters, it's not easy," Henry added.

NOT GOING TO GET CARRIED AWAYHenry, however, said he would not get carried away by his performance ahead of the upcoming Test series against India. The pacer acknowledged that India have a strong batting line-up in the longest format and cannot be underestimated.

For now, though, his focus remains on helping New Zealand level the ODI series and avoid a series defeat."Yeah, look, I'm not going to get too carried away. India have got a strong batting line-up, so you don't want to say anything stupid here," Henry said. "But I think it's going to be a really good series, and it's something we're really looking forward to.

We've obviously got one more game here. The ODIs are really important for us, and we want to try and level the series.

Then we can move forward to the Tests, which is something we're looking forward to as a group as well," Henry added.The fifth and final ODI is scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 15, before the Test series gets underway on November 19 at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.- Ends