Notably, Phillips dismissed Kohli on the last ball of the Day 3 and ended a threatening 136-run partnership between him and Sarfaraz Khan.
After dismissing the star player, Recently, the off spinner opened up on his animated celebration and called Kohli 'one of the biggest wickets in Test cricket'. He further mentioned how his dismissal on 70 kept the spirits alive in the New Zealand dressing room heading into Day 4.
"Yeah, he is probably one of the biggest wickets in Test cricket going around at the moment. To be able, to produce something special on the last ball of the day, was quite incredible. They put on a big partnership and put us on the back foot. But to contribute in that way, on the last ball of the day, the tension had built up. They had been playing really well upto that point, took a little bit of momentum for us going into the next day," Glenn Phillips said in an interview with New Zealand Cricket (NZC).
Phillips thrilled with New Zealand's win in 1st Test
Further speaking ahead, as they beat India by eight wickets. Notably, the Blackcaps won a Test in India after 36 years with their last win coming way back in 1988.
"It is absolutely phenomenal. A lot of New Zealand sides have come and tried, and unfortunately they have not been on the winning end of it but for us to come and perform like this, and produce a win for the first time in 36 years, it's pretty special," he added.
Meanwhile, having lost the first Test, India will be desperate to make a comeback in the second Test set to begin from Thursday, October 24 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.