"India don't have any chinks in armour", says Tom Latham

New Zealand captain Tom Latham after winnings the first two Test matches in India feels that Team India doesnt have any chinks in its armourThe Black Caps under Tom Lathams captaincy registered a historic Test series win in India after winning the second Test match by 113 runs in PuneEven though Indias allround struggles in the ongoing series have compounded their issues there were some soothing words from the opposition camp which has not put a foot wrong on this tripIndia are a quality side things obviously havent gone the way they wanted over the last couple of weeks but it doesnt make them a bad team overnight Tom Latham told reporters before New Zealands training session here at the Wankhede StadiumTheyve got superstars from Nos 1 to 15 in their squad and we expect them to be in their best tomorrow and again a new challenge for both teams a new surfaceIm sure a surface that they know well and a ground that they know well so I certainly dont think they have any chinks theyre a quality team and its going to be another great battle Latham addedWith New Zealand holding a 20 lead there is also a possibility of handing India a clean sweep but Latham was not too excited about that prospectWeve obviously done a lot of good stuff over the last couple of weeks but for us every Test match you go in with the focus of trying to win key moments and not necessarily focusing on the resultAlso ReadBen Stokes house burgled England skipper appeals people to help find thievesObviously thats the byproduct of putting things together backtoback good sessions backtoback so yeah a different pitch different conditions its obviously a lot hotter out there than what weve faced in the last couple of weeks he saidTom Latham who took the captaincy before the India tour said that the Kiwis have done well to register two consecutive wins which has kept his side in contention for another World Test Championship finalNew Zealand who did not have bright chances of making a second appearance in the WTC final before this tour now need to win each of their remaining four Tests to be in contention for the summit clashApart from the third and final Test against India New Zealand will also play a threeTest series against England at homeBut once again Latham opted to downplay the significance of their achievement and said The beauty of this team is were a reasonably levelled team in terms of I guess when results dont go so well but also when you know results do go wellWe try to keep things as level as we can and theres no bigger carrot in terms of whats coming up if you know if we are successful throughout this gameWe always focus on the process around what that looks like from the start of the game and adapt throughout the game in terms of the game situation and what will be needed he saidTom Latham further stated that his sides focus was completely on the job rather than celebrating being the first side from his country to defeat India in their backyard in nearly 70 yearsThe guys celebrated what was you know a fantastic last week and came here yesterday Were a bit shocked by the heat it was pretty hot out there but yeah again another challenge and you know well certainly be looking forward to whats presented to us this week he saidWhen asked if overseas Test and series wins should carry a greater emphasis on the points system for WTC Tom Latham said he was happy with the way things areI havent necessarily thought about that as such The introduction of the World Test Championship over the last five to six years has been fantastic and the context that it has put on Test cricket rather than bilateral series has been fantastic he saidWeve probably seen a few more results in terms of games that have been played certainly over the last period of time so the context thats now given Test cricket is awesomeBeing in the position with the first one winning team and being successful gives you a taste of what that success feels like and once you do it you want to do it again he addedWith PTI Inputs