India team director Ravi Shastri on Wednesday (30th March) looked ahead to second semi-final at the ICC World Twenty20 in Mumbai - featuring the host country and the West Indies.

SOUNDBITE: (English) Ravi Shastri, Team Director, India (about playing West Indies)
"I said that from the beginning, they are probably one of the dangerous sides in this format, because they have explosive players, match-winners, so we know what we are up against, but we are up and ready as well, because this is not the knockout for us, knockout was last game, so that was a quarter-final, and this is a semi-final."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Ravi Shastri, Team Director, India (asked whether Indian bowlers will be effective on the Wankhade pitch)
"I see no reason why, I thought Bangalore was good surface, Mohali was a good surface, this (Wankhade) has always been a good surface, so you know its always been repeating what they had been doing and keeping things simple."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Ravi Shastri, Team Director, India (on Yuvraj's absence)
"It's not decided you know, because Manish (Pandey) has just joined the party yesterday, and we will take a good look at everything in the nets and see what will be best options for tomorrow's game. We will have to keep those overs in mind."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Ravi Shastri, Team Director, India (on underperforming Indian batting line-up)
"Oh... you would need it a big game like this semi final, I still believe we played 70 per cent, to our ability in this tournament, so there is still 30 percent areas where we can improve, and lets hope it happens tomorrow, because in semi finals, you got to have your 'A' game, you know you cannot depend on one or two player like you said exactly you need six or seven players to step up to the floor, its not happened so far in the tournament, let's hope tomorrow will be the start."