Multiple duties taking a toll on Vettori

8220;In a lot of ways,not being a captain in the IPL side will give me that opportunity to go back and play. Once we get ready for that T20 World Cup again,it will be pretty exciting. But I am not saying I am not excited about this captaincy challenge as well,8221; added Vettori.

The 30-year-old player has been under immense pressure as the New Zealand fans have been demanding a spirited performance from the Blackcaps.

8220;They want results,just like we want results. They probably need to see the New Zealand team to come out and fight. The performance we put together in Hamilton wasn8217;t consistent,8221; said Vettori.

But for New Zealand8217;s fortunes to change,Vettori said he knows his team would have to produce something extraordinary in the remainder of the series.

8220;We need to bat for long periods of time. We need batsmen to bat at least 120-odd overs against this lot Indians because if we don8217;t do that we don8217;t give our bowlers an opportunity to rest. We know we have got a quality batting line-up,but we need to improve the longevity of our innings.

8220;The onus is on the top six batters to do the job. If they do the job then Brendon McCullum and I can complement that.8221;

Vettori said India have executed their plans brilliantly to gain the upper-hand in the series.

8220;They played to a plan and won every key moment. Every element that we weren8217;t good in,they were really great. They seem like a team that works pretty well with momentum,and just keep rolling with it. We need to reverse that pretty quickly,8221; said Vettori.

To achieve that,Vettori said he would be banking on off-spinner Jeetan Patel. 8220;We would lean towards Jeetan playing,in place of Kyle Mills. He got five wickets last time he played here,so we are hoping for a repeat of that.8221;

But Vettori wasn8217;t sure of Daniel Flynn playing on Thursday.

8220;He will have a fitness test. We want to see how he fronts up. But his hand is still swollen. He is a tough little guy and wants to play. But we will make a sensible decision revolving around that.8221;

Though much has been said and written about the Mclean Park8217;s 8216;relocated8217; wicket,Vettori said it didn8217;t seem any different from the tracks he has played on before.

8220;It comes across pretty similar to a normal Napier wicket. Aesthetically,it is not quite as pretty as it normally is,and doesn8217;t have the consistency of grass cover. But talking to Phil grounds man,he is pretty comfortable and thinks it will be a traditional Napier track.8221;

Vettori said his side was not just wary of in-form batsmen like Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar,it also saw a huge threat in Harbhajan Singh,who claimed six wickets in the Kiwis second innings at Hamilton.

8220;The key to Harbhajan8217;s success was how consistent he was in that second innings. He didn8217;t really get it to turn a lot but put the ball in the right spot and got a couple to bounce. Most of the guys are picking him,but it is a matter of playing him from there,8221; he said.

8220;I think it is the most difficult part of playing when a guy puts the ball consistently in the right spot with variations. The guys have talked about it,particularly the left-handers. I think the right-handers played him relatively well8221;,Vettori said.

8220;A lot of thought has gone into how to tackle Harbhajan. I think you can still play him by turning the strike over,I always thought the key thing against spinners is the singles as it frustrate them. Being a spinner I know pretty well. So we are trying to do that more and unsettle him,8221; he added.