India will play five T20Is, three ODIs, and two Tests against the Kiwis in a tour that will begin with the T20I series from January 24. Although India lost the T20I series 1-2 the last time the Men in Blue toured New Zealand, they had won the ODI series 4-1 and Kohli wanted to take positives from that series win.
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Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal were key in that Indian team that won the ODI series as they picked up wickets in the middle-overs and restricted the run-flow. This is something that Kohli wanted to focus on this time around as well.
In the current home season, India had to make comebacks from being 1-0 down in the ODI series against West Indies, the T20I series against Bangladesh, and the latest ODI series against Australia. Kohli realized that this was something very difficult for the team and wanted his team to address this issue on the New Zealand tour straightaway.
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