Kane Williamson led side are unbeaten in the WT20 event but one cannot look over the fact that the Kiwis team travelled a lot during this entire tournament before touching down at New Delhi on Monday for their semi-final against England here at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, when asked if there is anything the Kiwi skipper would like to tell the organisers of ICC, seeing their busy travelling schedule, Williamson replied, "Actually, I would like to thank the organisers because the boys have embraced the variety of hotels and flights. We have seen a lot of India and have enjoyed watching the Indian culture. It's great that we have been able to see more of India than most opposition sides! It's one of those things. Surely it happened just by coincidence. Guys embraced that."
New Zealand played two warm-up games in Mumbai on March 10 and 12 followed by their opening fixture against India at Nagpur on March 15. They then travelled up north to Dharamsala to play Australia on March 18 before meeting Pakistan on March 22 at Chandigarh.
From Chandigarh, the Black Caps flew down to the eastern part of India to Kolkata for their last game against Bangladesh on March 26 before landing in Delhi on Monday.
In contrast, England played their warm-up as well as first two group league games in Mumbai and then travelled to Delhi, where they played the next two league games.