Wellington, Oct. 20 -- As Team India starts its New Zealand tour with five T20Is, skipper Shreyas Iyer, who has been a mixed bag as a batter-plus-captain, will be aiming to find his groove against one of his favourite oppositions.

India will start the NZ tour with the first of the five T20Is at Christchurch on Thursday. Skipper Iyer was India's top run-getter in the home series against West Indies, having scored 181 runs in four innings with a strike rate of 205.68, but it was his maiden T20I century in the first game, a score of 102* doing the heavy lifting for him.

Shreyas has not been able to perform consistently as a batter in T20Is. Since being appointed a captain, he has scored 590 runs across 21 innings at an average of 34.70 and...