Captain William Porterfield remains confident his Ireland team can cause another upset - despite their defeat against India.

Porterfield's men, up against New Zealand at Trent Bridge on Thursday in their first Super Eights match, were unable to post a competitive total in last night's rain-shortened final Group A match at the same venue.

Zaheer Khan took four for 19 to help restrict Ireland to 112 for eight, and India passed their target with 10 balls to spare on the back of an unbeaten 52 from opener Rohit Sharma.

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"With a bit of luck going our way and if we can play to our potential, we are capable of causing upsets," said Porterfield, whose team had already qualified for the second stage on the back of a surprise win over Bangladesh in Nottingham on Monday.

Looking forward to today's match against opponents who have major injury troubles, Porterfield added: "We will go out with a plan to win the game."

Ireland themselves had to rest injured pair Niall O'Brien and Trent Johnston on Wednesday - but hope both will be fit to face the Kiwis.

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"We want to get our Super Eights off to a winning start - and why not?" Porterfield asked.

"We are going out to win the game. We knew India was going to be a big step up from Bangladesh - but this is why we're here. We want to play the best teams in the world and we aspire to get nearer and nearer to those teams."

As for today's opponents, Porterfield added: "Obviously it would be a boost to us if they struggle. But as long as we concentrate on ourselves and our own 15 are fit and available then that is best for us."

Approaching milestones:

New Zealand vs. Ireland

- Brendon McCullum (657) needs 43 runs to become the first batsman to aggregate 700 runs in Twenty20 Internationals.
 
- Ross Taylor (366) requires 34 runs to complete his 400 runs in Twenty20 Internationals.

Head to Head:

- New Zealand and Ireland would be playing against each other for the first time in Twenty20 Internationals.
 
- Ireland have won four and lost one out of six contested (1 NR).
 
- New Zealand have won 9 and lost 12 out of 23 contested in Twenty20 Internationals (2 NR) - winning % 39.13. In the ICC World Twenty20, New Zealand have won four and lost four out of eight contested - winning % 50.00.