India, Jan. 21 -- New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson said the five-match T20I series against India, beginning on Wednesday, offers a perfect preparation opportunity for his side ahead of next month's T20 World Cup. Buoyed with their recent 2-1 ODI series win against India, New Zealand will take on the World Cup co-hosts in the first T20I at Nagpur.

"It's literally perfect prep," Ferguson, who is set to join the Kiwi camp in India, told reporters before his departure. "I know they're not the grounds potentially we'll play, but just the experience at the time, whether there's dew factor, whether there's condition factor, it's nice to get on the turf and have such a decent build-up into the World Cup.

"India are one of the top teams in the ...