Mumbai, Nov. 14 -- In April, the Indian women's tennis team descended upon Pune with hope. Their task was to take on five other teams in the Asia/Oceania Group 1 of the Billie Jean King Cup, with the aim of finishing in the top two to earn qualification to the next stage. That group managed to beat more favoured teams like Thailand and South Korea to make it to the Playoffs for only the second time. Now, as the world No.27 Indian team assembles in Bengaluru for the Playoffs that begin on Friday, against world No.14 Netherlands and No.19 Slovenia, team captain Vishal Uppal knows the team will need more than hope. "We have to be fearless and be more ambitious," he said to HT. "We do believe, and we have to believe, that we have the ability in us to cause an upset. And the other teams will be aware of that, because we did beat world No.150 etc (in April). Even though our rankings are not that high, we are capable of causing a few upsets. From our end, we're going to come out fighting, we're going to come out with high energy and intensity." The three teams have been put together in Group G of the Playoffs, with only the group winner progressing to the Qualifier stage of the competition. The odds are once again stacked against the Indians. But they need look as far as only April to know that they have it in them to turn the tide. They will need to believe once again....