NEW DELHI: The dominant fashion in which India stormed into the semi-finals of the ICC World Cup is nothing less than a fairytale. Seven matches, seven wins, including a demolition job against Sri Lanka in their seventh match on Thursday for a massive 302-run victory -- there'll be few who would doubt that this Indian team can go all the way to lift the trophy unbeaten.
But it's a funny game. Defending champions England have experienced that over the last month or so, staring at an exit from the door at rock bottom of the points table after just one win in six matches.
While India became the first team to enter the semis, Bangladesh were the first to be ejected from that race. And for the remaining three semi-final spots, South Africa are looking a sure-shot. For the other two spots, Australia and New Zealand are still being challenged by teams in the middle of the table.
