The Blackcaps are backing their fielders to fire at the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in Australia, after shelling several chances in their tri-series win over Bangladesh.
New Zealand were comfortable eight-wicket winners at Hagley Oval, but their dropped catches and missed runouts will concern coach Gary Stead.
Adam Milne and Jimmy Neesham were both guilty of missing sitters, while Martin Guptill failed to hit the stumps with the Bangladeshi batter out of his crease.
But spin bowler Ish Sodhi remains confident in his side's fielding and hopes their tri-series blunders are behind them before the World Cup.
"Obviously, no-one ever means to drop catches," he said. "The boys work extremely hard on their fielding and I think, over time, we've shown we're a really good fielding side.
"If we take away some of those catches, I think our ground fielding has been phenomenal and that's something that's a huge positive.
"Especially going into a World Cup with big boundaries, I think ground fielding is going to play a huge role.
"No-one means to drop catches, and hopefully we've got rid of all our dropped catches for the summer so far and we can cling onto a few over the next few games."
Alongside fellow spin bowler Michael Bracewell, Sodhi strangled the Bangladesh batters, restricting them to just 137/8 after their 20 overs.
Sodhi also picked up his 100th T20 wicket with the scalp of opener Najmul Hossain Shanto, to join only Tim Southee as Kiwis to have reached the milestone. He reveals length was key for success in testing conditions.
"I'd say the wicket was holding slightly," Sodhi said. "Obviously, being a used wicket, I think it's the third game that's been played on the wicket.
"Bracey bowled a really heavy length and it was tough for the batsmen to get under the ball, and I tried to follow suit from that end.
"They were always going to try and hit over my head with the breeze, so just keeping that length off them was really important."
The Blackcaps will look to avenge their opening tri-series defeat against Pakistan on Tuesday, before taking on Bangladesh again on Wednesday.
But they will have to do so without fast bowler Lockie Ferguson, who has been ruled out for the rest of the series with an abdominal injury.
Blackcaps are already without star batter Daryl Mitchell, who broke his finger on the eve of their loss to Pakistan. He will still travel to Australia for the T20 World Cup, but is unlikely to feature in their first game against the hosts on October 22.
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