2 instances when captain Kane Williamson's weird tactics paid rich dividends

#1 Dropping Boult and Southee and picking 3 spinners against India

New Zealand's spinners thumped India in a low-scoring match

India hosted the 2016 WT20 and the hosts kicked off their campaign against New Zealand at Nagpur. Kane Williamson shocked everyone in the first match by dropping his lead pacers Trent Boult and Tim Southee for this important match.

Instead, skipper Williamson picked Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner and Nathan McCullum in the team with Adam Milne being the lone pacer. The Indian batsmen are known to be the finest players of spin and the decision raised a lot of eyebrows.

New Zealand could manage to score only 126 in the first innings but what happened next shocked every cricket fan. The Kiwi spinners fully exploited the spin-friendly conditions in Nagpur and took 9 wickets between themselves to skittle out the home side for a total of just 79 runs.

Santner took 4 wickets and was supported by leg-spinner Ish Sodhi (3 wickets) and N McCullum (2 wickets) as they demolished the Indian challenge and helped their side to win the match by 47 runs.

This match proved the deep cricket knowledge that Kane Williamson possesses and why he is hailed as one of the smartest captains on the field.

With the India tour of New Zealand kicking off soon, one can expect Williamson to add a few more instances to this list.