India's bowling coach Bharat Arun has expressed his thoughts on how the current Team India players have the capabilities of defeating this combative New Zealand side in its own backyard.
After a five-match T20I and a three-match ODI series, the Men In Blue are set to take on the BlackCaps in a two-match Test series from this weekend.
The Indian players produced a flawless performance in the T20I but failed to win any of the matches during the ODIs as New Zealand registered an impressive whitewash.
Ahead of the Test opener on Friday, Bharat told Sportstar: "New Zealand is a combative side but we have the team to beat it in its backyard. We were without six of our World Cup players."
"Sometimes, it is not all about winning. It’s about trying out cricketers in different positions and we might lose some matches in the bargain,” he added.
The oncoming wind at the Basin Reserve in Wellington will play a key factor during the match and Arun claimed that each Indian pacer can take their turn to bowl against it.
"Not one, but each of our pacemen could take turns bowling against the wind."
"We could also ask the spinner to bowl against the wind and rotate the pacemen from the other end,” said Bharat.
India and New Zealand will lock horns again in a two-match Test series next, scheduled to start from February 21.
