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Neesham has been an integral part of New Zealand's white-ball setup in recent years.

New Zealand all-rounder James Neesham said on Thursday that he will take a call on his international career after the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled in USA and West Indies, from June.

Neesham, 33, is currently featuring for Rangpur Riders in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League.

"I don't take too many long term goals. Obvious goal is the T20 World Cup coming up in couple of month's time and try to win that for New Zealand. After that, probably I will take a pause and have a think about my international future whether I will keep playing for New Zealand or I will go for full time T20s," Neesham told reporters following a practice session of Riders at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Friday.

"I think as an all-rounder, you played until 35-36 years of your age, is a pretty good effort. So I will try to stay as fit as it can and stay in good shape," he said.

"Hopefully, I will stay injury free and see how long I can play cricket and contribute to winning teams," he added.

Neesham felt that Bangladesh could be a dark horse in the forthcoming T20 World Cup. Praising the country's progress in terms of talent and cricketing structure, the all-rounder had a special mention for Bangladesh's rising pace bowling department.

"I think we were quite lucky to get away from the T20 series in New Zealand. We probably could have lost the series as well. Bangladesh cricket has gone strength to strength over the last few years, especially the fast bowling department. We used to almost bully Bangladesh cricket in our conditions which are bouncy and we had seam bowlers a lot quicker and lot bouncier than them. But what we have seen in the last couple of tours, you got a pacer Shoriful, who can swing the ball with pace and get good bounce," said Neesham.

"They obviously had a strong tour in New Zealand and they should be happy with that. None can take them for granted in the upcoming T20 World Cup. It won't be that easy. They will be extremely an challenging team with the kind of conditions we have seen in West Indies," he said.