BENGALURU: Had a soothsayer told New Zealand's top order bat Will Young that he would walk away with the Player of the Series in what eventually turned out to be a washout of epic proportions over India in the three-Test series, he would not have believed.
Not so young at 31 and only 16 Test matches old prior to coming to India, Young has often been reduced to playing waterboy for his team. He waited three years after his maiden call-up to make his Test debut against West Indies in Hamilton in Dec 2021. Even against India, he was a replacement for Kane Williamson, who didn't make the trip owing to a groin injury sustained in Sri Lanka.
