Talk about making waves
"Coming from New Zealand with an Indian background, it doesn't happen too often," he tells BBC Sport of his journey to the Bundesliga club.
"When I play for the New Zealand national team, a lot of people say we are the underdogs.
"But for me, it is all mental. It just comes down to how much work you want to put in.
"You couldn't say that when I was playing in Wellington that I would now be at Bayern Munich, but here I am. Anything is possible."