India, Dec. 8 -- In no other format are India as comfortable or confident as Twenty20. So, they will be expected to confidently get into the business end of a tour that began with a 0-2 hiding in Tests. The tempo is high in this format, as it should be on the back of stitching seven consecutive T20I series wins since the 2024 T20 World Cup with a 24-4 win-loss record.

Two more bilateral series and India have the chance to pull off a rare feat of going into February's T20 World Cup at home with an all-win series record. Proven sides like South Africa - runners-up of the 2024 T20 World Cup - and New Zealand are expected to stretch them though, beginning on Tuesday. In the context of the build-up to the World Cup, India would like nothing b...