Ross Taylor and New Zealand are back to playing in home conditions and ready to take on India in a three-format series.

The Kiwis were completely outplayed during their tour to Australia less than a month ago. However, Ross Taylor believes that they are ready to take on the best during the India series.

Taylor told stuff.co.nz, “We were completely outplayed in all facets of the game throughout the whole series, but now we're back on home soil and India will be a totally different opposition. They're the No 1 team in the world, but we're obviously in conditions that we know, so let's get through the white-ball phase first before we get on to talking about that.”

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The veteran batsman also talked about the rise of Twenty20 cricket since the inaugural World Cup in 2007 and how it has brought a lot of fans to the game. He also wants to see all the three formats getting equal importance.

He said, “Not a lot of people knew what to expect in the first World Cup in South Africa in 07, but it's grown a lot. Obviously the IPL came along not so long after. Quite often you used to play one, maybe two games, now we've got a five-match series. The game's evolved and the shots that the men and the women are playing make it exciting for people to come along and watch.”

“There's been a lot of talk in recent times about [the future] of test cricket and one-day cricket and Twenty20. Hopefully there's room for all three and Twenty20 for the next five matches anyway will be exciting and the New Zealand public will be looking forward to a good series,” he added.

India’s tour of New Zealand begins from January 24 with the 5-match T20I series.

(Inputs from stuff.co.nz)