India, Feb. 24 -- Looking back at their opening Super Eights game against South Africa, India clearly made mistakes in various aspects from team combination to strategy. With their place in the ICC T20 World Cup on the line, the home team simply can't afford any further misstep. Undoubtedly, India's think tank tracked the West Indies versus Zimbabwe game at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday with great interest.

The two teams are India's next opponents and the home side must beat them to have a chance of making the knockouts.

Given India's struggles at the start, the period of play that interested coach Gautam Gambhir the most was West Indies' new ball bowling.

It has become a no-brainer for all opposition teams to start with a spinner aga...