Captain Rahul Dravid today said that the key players in his team where
coming into top form and fitness which augured well for India's chances at the
cricket World Cup. 
"Most key players are finding form and fitness which is a good sign for
us," Dravid said after a convincing nine-wicket win over the West Indies
in the team's final warm-up match before the start of the cricketing extravaganza.
Dravid was very happy with the overall performance of the team, especially
the seam bowlers.
"We bowled in the right areas and held our catches. We got to bowl in
slightly helpful conditions and made full use of them," a confident Indian
skipper said.
Even though conditions may be different in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where India
will play the group matches, today's win was an important result, he said.
"Momentum is important in a World Cup and we are happy with our
game at the moment," Dravid added.
His counterpart Brian Lara did not hide his displeasure at his team's
display.
"I'm not happy with the performance today. It was a bad game and I don't
want another performance like this," he said.
Lara expressed concern over the repeated batting collapses and said the team
needed to get the problem sorted out.
"This has become a chronic issue. In a World Cup, you are allowed one
hiccup here and there but we need to get more consistent. We definitely need
to regroup after this game," he added.
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