India batsman Rahul Dravid has told the BBC his side will approach Thursday's semi-final against Kenya having learnt from past mistakes.
India played Kenya in a Super Six match and lost three wickets for just 24 runs before an unbeaten century from captain Sourav Ganguly and good support from Dravid and Yuvraj Singh saw them to victory.
Dravid does not care about the toss
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"There's a need to be patient against them," Dravid told BBC Hindi in an exclusive interview.
"After losing early wickets in our previous encounter we realise the importance to play steadily and make sure we have wickets in hand."
Dravid singled out Kenya's bowlers as a big factor in their success.
"They played well against us - in fact, they've played well all tournament," he added.
"The likes of Martin Suji and Peter Ongondo are consistently bowling good line and length which on slow pitches is often hard to get away.
"And their spinners Collins Odoyo and Asif Karim have also given a lot of batsmen grief.
"Of course I acknowledge that Ravindu Shah, Steve Tikolo and Maurice Odumbe have made an impact with the run-making, but I do believe that Kenya's bowling is stronger than their batting."
Thursday's semi-final, which is being played in Durban, is a day-night encounter.
Although many have said that those conditions have swayed results in the tournamant, Dravid believes it will have little bearing on the way India perform.
"It shouldn't make a difference - well, at least I hope it doesn't. I also think that winning or losing the toss won't matter to us either," he said.
"But what will be important is that we play well, and if we do, everything else will fall into place."
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