India, Oct. 13 -- Two defeats on the trot, a strategy under scrutiny and a team looking a tad unsure of its most trusted formula - it's not the situation India would have expected to be in at the midway stage of the World Cup. You could tell from the faces of skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and deputy Smriti Mandhana during the last few overs against Australia that the mood in the Indian camp is about to become grim.

And understandably so. The side that looked buoyant after two wins to start with suddenly has a cloud of uncertainty hovering over it. India finished the Vizag leg with two consecutive losses, staring at uncomfortable questions at a stage when they should have staked a stronger claim for a semi-final berth.

The sticky situation th...