India finally got their act together when they beat Bermuda by 257 runs. But they still have to beat Sri Lanka to enter Super 8's. The match had some importance because India wanted to lift their net run-rate. Indians made the highest ever WC total of 413 and lot of other records tumbled. Sehwag and Yuvi played exceptional innings. They were very well supported by Ganguly and Tendulkar. Bermuda had no answer what so ever. They did manage to play a lot of overs though. India had no other option but to win the match against SL to sideline Bangladesh from reaching the Super 8's but if SL loose to both India and Bangladesh, they would crash out. The match would have given a lot of confidence to indians but there is still that uneasy feeling and can only be eliminated by reaching super 8's. For this Indians will have to play their skins out. They still have some issues in Bowling department. They are not able to bowl tight line and longer spells without giving away too many runs. Kumble came in as a good replacement for Bhajji but Agarkar does not look too impressive. He took few wickets in the end but other teams can clobber him for lot of runs before falling into his trap. He needs to take wickets specially when he shares the new ball with Zaheer khan. Teams like SA and Australia can be ruthless against him. Indians have to come out with a real plan against SL to beat that talented bunch. Tight bowling can be the difference in the end. Keeping fingers crossed.
India's 413 was the highest score in World Cup history and their 257-run victory margin against Bermuda at Trinidad was the highest in ODIs
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