New Zealand team might not be in a great form but Ross Taylor is confident of giving a tough fight to India in the upcoming T20I series. According to Taylor, their advantage will be their home ground and the familiarity of knowing the conditions.
Kiwis have home advantage
Despite being thrashed by Australia recently, New Zealand is ready for a tight encounter with India. The two teams are scheduled to play five-match T20I series followed by three ODIs and two Tests. Ross Taylor, the star player from Kiwi side believes that their home conditions are their huge advantage and Indians are different opponents altogether.
“We were completely outplayed in all facets of the game throughout the whole series (against Australia), but now we’re back on home soil and India will be a totally different opposition,” Taylor was quoted as saying by stuff.co.nz. He further added that the No 1 team would be facing the Black Caps on the latter’s home soil which would not be an easy task. “They’re the No 1 team in the world, but we’re obviously in conditions that we know, so let’s get through the white-ball phase first before we get on to talking about that.”
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Future of all formats of cricket
Taylor while speaking about the rise of the shorter format in recent times, emphasized of giving equal importance to all formats. “Not a lot of people knew what to expect in the first World Cup in South Africa in 2007, but it’s grown a lot. Obviously the IPL came along not so long after. Quite often you used to play one, maybe two games, now we’ve got a five-match series. The game’s evolved and the shots that the men and the women are playing make it exciting for people to come along and watch.”
He opined, “Hopefully there’s room for all three and T20 for the next five matches anyway will be exciting and the New Zealand public will be looking forward to a good series.”
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