Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes New Zealand will be a major threat to India's hopes of retaining the ICC World Twenty20 trophy.
The defending champions found out just how good the Black Caps are in the shortest form of the game when the two teams met in warm-up fixture at Lord's on Monday.The Kiwis posted a total of 170-7 thanks to 50 runs in the final 4 overs of their innings before holding India to 161-9 in reply.Dhoni was certainly impressed by the New Zealanders, who have now beaten In"They're a really good side when it comes to the Twenty20 format and the conditions here suit them."dia in the last three Twenty20 meetings.Ross Taylor led the Kiwi onslaught with the bat, smashing two fours and three sixes to make a top score of 41 from 33 deliveries.New Zealand play their second and final warm-up game at the Brit Oval on Tuesday, taking on trans-Tasman rivals Australia.Momentum is a big thing in Twenty20 cricket and even in warm-up games it is very important to get that going," said Taylor. Our score was probably par on that pitch and throughout the whole batting performance we got partnerships of 30 or 40, which gave us enough momentum to have a dip at the end."
Source; skysports.com
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