It may sound a comprehensive 100-run win over defending champions England, which is India's sixth in as many matches of this World Cup, but it was hard-earned, considering the hole India found themselves in after put in to bat first. It tells that any chinks that remain in India's plans may need to be eliminated before the semifinals, a stage they are now almost certain to make. And with Pakistan’s semis spot highly unlikely, India are set to play their last-four clash in Mumbai.
