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New Delhi: New Zealand's eye should be firmly on the upcoming T20 World Cup and must take their series defeat India in stride.
New Zealand have lost all three matches of the five-match series and have been thrashed in all the encounters but Oram said focus is on peaking at the showpiece tournament.
"Well, the easy answer is that we win these two games (4th and 5th T20Is) and that would be nice for the overall team confidence. I said before about guys coming back from niggles and injury layoffs, guys finding their own individual confidence, but to win games is nice," Oram said, ahead of the fourth T20I in Vizag on Wednesday.
"To sing our winning team song after a nice victory against a good side would be cool, but at the same time you've got to look a bit deeper than wins and losses.
"And that's not downplaying the results here, but we've got to make sure that we're looking at the longer term and the bigger picture as well. And historically New Zealand have peaked well during the ICC events.
"Despite the results (in the ongoing T20I series), if we come out better off for it, and we're somewhere near the Super 8s in the semifinals and the final (of T20 WC), this will be a great period for us," he added.
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Kiwi bowlers have copped the wrath of Indian batters in the series though their innate ability to keep composure under testing circumstances os a reflection of their strength, which would only increase with the return of Jacob Oram.
"I think we have an ability to stay calm amidst the storm that is currently happening and I think that is part and parcel of who we are as a team and probably as New Zealanders as well. We don't get too high or low and we know we're not playing as well as we can," he said.
"At the same time we know that this Indian team is so good. So, we've got to make sure that we keep our eye on the longer term. I think that's part of the reason why we are able to peak for ICC events. And if that happens in February, March, then that's great.
"He'll go through a battery of tests, if you want to call it that, where he's bowling, fielding and coming out to bowl. It almost simulates spells where he's going up and down in his energy and we're hoping to have him back for the back end of the series," he added.
