New Zealand coach Gary Stead said his team was preparing for a “tough and difficult” schedule as they travel to India for three T20 matches, just three days after the end of the T20 World Cup when the Black Caps lost to Australia. Dubai.

New Zealand Sunday lost to Australia with eight wickets in the show but Kane Williamson’s men don’t have time to make up for it when they face India in the opening T20I at Jaipur on Wednesday.

It will be followed by the second and third T20I on November 19 and November 21, before launching their World Test Championship defense with two games in Kanpur and Mumbai.

“It’s the first time I remember that we are about to enter another series at the end of the T20 World Cup,” Stead said. ESPNcricinfo.

“It’s difficult and difficult but that’s what’s ahead of us.” Members of the Test team, who are not part of the T20, are already in India.

It will be a busy time for the kiwi support staff as they play and train Test players in the morning and T20 cricketers in the evening for the next few weeks.

“We have nine young men in India already, who are preparing for the game, and we hope we can get up and do well against India.” New Zealand cricket players have been in the bio-bubble for a period of time with 10 members of the T20 team who competed in the IPL in the UAE before the ICC ceremony, while others like Glenn Phillips and Jimmy Neesham played 100 percent.

There were others such as Martin Guptill, Mark Chapman and Ish Sodhi, who also resided in the UAE following New Zealand’s decision to suspend their trip to Pakistan for security reasons in September.

In other good news for New Zealand, pace coach Lockie Ferguson, who missed the T20 World Cup due to a calf injury, is set to return.

Ferguson, who was absent just hours before New Zealand played Pakistan in Sharjah, has once again started throwing the ball into the net in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

“In the case of Lockie, I think he’s very close,” Stead said.

“Just make sure we get there, safe and sound and there are no problems like boarding a plane or something like that. But I hope they will be there to be selected, which will be very good.

“With all the guys preparing for the Test, we just have to call that – whether we think it ‘s in their favor and in the best interest of the team for the Test Games.