MUMBAI, Feb. 25 -- Looking back at their opening Super 8s game against South Africa, India clearly made mistakes in various aspects from team combination to strategy. The home team simply can't afford any further misstep in this T20 World Cup. 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 would have interested coach Gautam Gambhir the most was West Indies' new ball bowling. It has become a no-brainer for opposition teams to start with a spinner against India's left-handed pair of Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan. Seeing West Indies left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein reduce Zimbabwe to 20/3 by picking up two wickets in the third over would not have helped India's confidence. "For me as a spinner, one thing I try to get out of my head is the fear of being hit for boundaries. It's just about sticking to the plan and trying to get the batter to hit where you have your two fielders out," Hosein said after the game. About bowling in the grounds for the next two games, the West Indies spinner said adjusting to Eden Gardens, in terms of boundary size, will be similar to bowling at the Wankhede Stadium. But he expects more help for the spinners. "I feel in Kolkata, the ball grips a little bit more, but again... it's not a venue where you can just toss the ball up. Ahmedabad is a bit bigger." While Suryakumar Yadav's men prepare to take on Zimbabwe in Chennai, the outcome of the game between West Indies and South Africa in Ahmedabad also affects their chances. West Indies' 107-run win over Zimbabwe means the defending champions need South Africa to defeat West Indies to qualify for the knockouts, while also winning their two remaining Super 8s matches themselves. A West Indies win will mean that even if India beats the Caribbean side in their last league game, there will be three sides on the same points in Group 1 (if India and South Africa beat Zimbabwe also). India's heavy defeat to South Africa has dented their net run rate. A South Africa win over Windies will make it a winner-takes-all situation between India and West Indies. With their line-up packed with left-handers, India can expect off-spinner Roston Chase, who was left out against Zimbabwe, to be added to the spin combination of Hosein and Gudakesh Motie (who took 4/28). Captain Hope shouldered arms to the question on Chase's addition for the India game but his wide grin said it all. Nothing went right for Zimbabwe on Monday and a wounded India awaits them on Thursday. Zimbabwe head coach Justin Sammons expects a similar challenge against the India batters. "We know the way India is going to come out and it's going to be very similar to the way West Indies approached their innings. They're (India) not going to hold back," Sammons said after the match. "There will be good learnings from that (West Indies) and how we deal with that, under pressure in the moment, how do we stay calm and just think on our feet and also just try and change things up a little bit, disrupt the rhythm of the batters," he added. Sammons felt the slightly bigger boundary dimensions in Chennai compared to Mumbai could help his bowlers....