Indian captain Virat Kohli on Sunday criticised the scheduling of his team's first two matches in the ICC T20 World Cup here, saying that spreading the games over more than a week was "ridiculous".

India played their tournament opener on October 24 against arch-rivals Pakistan, exactly seven days ago.

"It's ridiculous, we are playing twice in 10 days. Too long a break...," Kohli said at the toss ahead of their match against New Zealand here.

Interestingly, after the 10-wicket loss to Pakistan, the star batter had stated that the break works well for the side given that players were coming off a high-intensity IPL.

"I think it works really well for us from all point of views. Knowing that we have played a full-fledged season already, we played the IPL, which is very high octane by itself in testing conditions here in the UAE, and then we come into the World Cup" Kohli had said.

"So for us, these big breaks are definitely something that's going to help us as a team to be in the prime physical condition that we need to be to play this high intensity tournament," he had gone on to add.

On Sunday, his view changed but he acknowledged that the long break helped his players recover from niggles and other minor injuries.

"Yeah, the guys have recovered well. Had good practice sessions, are itching to go out on the field, which is a good thing. When you have so many days off you want to get on the park and get into the groove," Kohli added.

After their fixture against New Zealand, India are scheduled to play Afghanistan on November 3, Scotland on November 5 and Namibia on November 8, which will wind up the league stage of the T20 showpiece.

India bundled out for paltry sum

India's globally acclaimed batting line-up put up another woeful performance to score a paltry 110 for seven against New Zealand, effectively putting them in danger of losing out on a semi-final spot.

New Zealand, the bogey team for India at global events over the years, embarrassed Virat Kohli's men, who didn't even show any stomach for a fight after their skipper lost an important toss.

It seemed like a catching practice for the New Zealand team as most of the batters were out in the deep trying to force the pace and failing miserably. There were 54 dot balls which meant that India didn't score any runs in nine of their 20 overs.

There were no demons on the track but India's shoddy show with the willow is a consequence of poor team selection, not relying on form players and the failure to have any flexibility in the side, which lacked proper multi-skilled cricketers.

And true to 'Murphy's Law' (it states "anything that can go wrong will go wrong"), it caught up with the team.

(With PTI inputs)