A strong showing could also have an overflow effect when it comes to next year's Indian Premier League. Talented players like Rob Nicol, Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson do not have IPL contracts but could push for them with a strong tournament.
However, workloads need to be considered. This year's IPL is followed by a tour to the West Indies in July and August for a series in all formats and then three tests in India.
After the World T20 tournament is a Sri Lankan tour in November, a tour to South Africa in December/January before hosting England next home summer.
Personnel will need to be kept fresh. Coach John Wright's policy to introduce a batch of new players - Michael Bates, Colin de Grandhomme, Andrew Ellis, Roneel Hira, Tom Latham and Tarun Nethula - in the recent limited overs matches against Zimbabwe and South Africa has been prudent. The batch before them - Doug Bracewell, Rob Nicol, Dean Brownlie and Trent Boult - are also not long established.
Wright needs depth at his disposal and most of his selections have shown international promise at some point. However, he may be required to further strategise where T20 ranks in the New Zealand mindset.
On the face of it, a test series win in India - something New Zealand has never achieved in nine attempts dating back to 1955 - would feature higher than any T20 tournament win.
Yet succeeding at T20 would perhaps be a more realistic aim and potentially expand the national fanbase. Still, there is no avoiding a comparison between test rugby 15s and sevens when it comes to the gravitas of test and T20 victories.
Wright could break his core group of 30 players into players who play all formats, test and limited overs specialists and those on the periphery.
Australia seem to have focussed on a similar plan over the last couple of years. They have used T20 internationals as a breeding ground and just two of the 14-strong T20 squad against India (Shaun Marsh and David Warner) are incumbent in the test team. Likewise South Africa have five players in their test team (Mark Boucher, Alviro Peterson Vernon Philander, Jacques Rudolph, Imran Tahir) who were not picked for any other format this tour. Faf du Plessis, Jacques Kallis, Graeme Smith and Dale Steyn also featured in one-dayers but not T20.
Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson could be considered versatile enough across all formats with Rob Nicol another who must be close to stepping up in tests if an opportunity arises.
Others such as Doug Bracewell might need to further specialise, despite playing across all forms this summer. He has been a match-winner in his four tests but in seven limited overs matches back home he has scored nine runs in four bats and taken four wickets at 60.5. Ironically, he was a late IPL signing for US$50,000 with the Delhi Daredevils.
Likewise, Dean Brownlie, Trent Boult and B-J Watling could focus on tests given their recent success in the longer form. With plenty of tests on spin-friendly surfaces this year, Tarun Nethula is another who could revert to being a specialist with Nicol, Williamson, Nathan McCullum and Roneel Hira offering limited overs spin options with the ball.
The big picture
All formats (6): Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson.
Test specialists (9): Hamish Bennett, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Dean Brownlie, Chris Martin, Tarun Nethula, Daniel Vettori, B-J Watling, Sam Wells.
Limited overs specialists (11): Michael Bates, Colin de Grandhomme, Andrew Ellis, Roneel Hira, James Franklin, Tom Latham, Kyle Mills, Nathan McCullum, Andy McKay, Rob Nicol, Jacob Oram.
On the periphery (4): Neil Broom, Daniel Flynn, Kruger van Wyk, Luke Woodcock.
