Fast bowling all-rounder Doug Bracewell on Saturday admitted that New Zealand felt the heat after Mumbai hammered 402 on day two of their only warm-up match here on Saturday.
Mumbai ended the day at 431 for five in reply to New Zealand's 324 for seven declared on the opening day.
"They played pretty well. We spoke about being patient (before the start of day's play) and playing the long game out there. To be fair, they put us under a bit of pressure and played pretty well...Credit to them. We look at the positives and got another day tomorrow as well," said Bracewell.
"The surface did not break up and turn that much. We are not really concerned at this stage. like I said they played well. I definitely think our guys will take some learning out from today," he said.
Chandrakant Pandit, Mumbai’s coach was happy with the team's performance barring Rohit's batting. “"It would have been nice if Rohit got a hundred too. But it was a good batting performance. As far as declaration goes, we are yet to decide on that," he said.