India, Feb. 18 -- New Zealand all-rounder Glenn Phillips believes playing a T20I series against hosts India has helped them learn and adapt to the conditions in the ongoing T20 World Cup. The Black Caps played a white-ball series comprising five-match T20Is and three ODIs in India before the T20 World Cup.

On Tuesday, New Zealand qualified to the Super Eights from a tricky group that included South Africa, Afghanistan, Canada and UAE. The Kiwis won three of their four games with their only loss coming against the Proteas. "We had a good lead up with India and learned a lot over there about the conditions. And we've had a couple of conditions that have changed over here as well, which is fantastic.

"We've had to be adaptable. And credit ...