India, Oct. 25 -- New Zealand head coach Rob Walter on Sunday rued missed opportunities in the first two T20Is against India but backed his team to bounce back, saying the visitors had capitalised on crucial moments in two closely fought matches.

New Zealand lost the second T20I by four wickets after posting 180, having also gone down in the series opener. Walter said his team had performed well for large parts of both games but failed to put the finishing touches on its efforts.

"Both games we could easily have been on the winning side of it, but weren't," Walter said.

"Probably missed out on a couple of opportunities each time where you probably would have sealed the game off for us. It's a bit of disappointment but also very happy w...