India, Jan. 21 -- New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner said he expects Daryl Mitchell to carry his dominant ODI form into the shortest format when the Black Caps take on reigning world champions India in a five-match T20I series starting on Wednesday. Mitchell was in imperious form during the recent ODIs against India, logging scores of 84, 131 not out and 137 to be a key factor in New Zealand's unprecedented 2-1 series triumph.

"Daryl struggled against spin initially. But he worked incredibly hard, and you can see the fruits of labour," Santner said on the eve of the T20 series, putting his senior batter in focus. "He's playing spin well. He can control the game in the middle overs during ODIs. Hope he does something similar in T20Is," ...