With no warm-up game, New Zealand hardly got time to adjust to the subcontinent conditions and failed to come to terms with spin. But this time, they can breathe easy as they have a three-day warm-up game against Mumbai at the Feroz Shah Kotla. “During the last two tours here, we didn’t have a warm-up game so it’s nice to have one against quality opposition. But since the Indian Board emphasises on home advantage, the warm-up game will not present such conditions to the visitors. After the India team was announced for the New Zealand series, it was said Rohit would play the warm-up game owing to poor form.

Source: Hindustan Times September 15, 2016 17:15 UTC