After two impressive wins in the warm-up games, India will look to carry on their momentum when they take on South Africa in the first match of the ICC Champions Trophy in Cardiff.
The Indians had quite a bit of batting practice in their two warm-up games against Sri Lanka and Australia, while the bowlers came to the fore in the second match against the Aussies.
M.S. Dhoni will be more concerned about the new rule changes in the ODI format and how the team adapts to the conditions, with the India skipper promising five bowlers in the starting XI.
"With the new rules it will be very difficult to play four bowlers and rely on the part-timers so definitely five bowlers will feature," he said. "It depends who you consider an all-rounder and who you consider a bowler."
The all-rounder spot will be up for grabs between Irfan Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja. With India definitely set to field three specialist fast bowlers - Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma - Jadeja looks the most likely candidate to make the final XI.
"The game, you can say, has changed a bit with the introduction of the new Laws," Dhoni said. "It means if you keep wickets in hand you can really exploit the conditions and make a lot of runs. Most of the teams will see a bit of a change in their approach and try to keep wickets intact in the first 10 when the new ball may do a bit.
"The fast bowlers have a really important role. If you see the way the game has progressed, and see the statistics, most of the sides in the first 10 overs will be happy to get 40 or 45 runs and keep as many wickets intact as possible.
"That loss of 20 runs in the first 10 you can make up later if you have wickets in hand. If a side gets going more often than not they will end up scoring more than 300. We need to adapt quickly."
South Africa, who were unimpressive in their practice match against Pakistan, will most probably have to do without their premier fast bowler Dale Steyn, who is battling a side strain, while Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis will miss the entire tournament.
"It's obviously not looking good," Proteas skipper De Villier said. "It's sort of touch and go, but it is, obviously, an issue and something we'll have to look at. There are a few more games coming up. It's not the one and only game so we wouldn't like to get him out of the rest of the tournament."
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Expected lineups: India: Dhawan, Rohit, Kohli, Raina, Karthik, Dhoni, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant, Yadav.
South Africa: Amla, Alviro Petersen, Ingram, De Villiers, Du Plessis, Duminy, McLaren, Robin Peterson, Kleinveldt, Morkel, Tsotsobe.
