The key to Indian performance lies in minimising dot balls. The team that minimises dot-balls while batting will win this Cup.
Even when we made 413, there were around 140 dot balls in our innings. When we made 191 against Bangladesh, there were almost 200 dot balls (that is 33 maiden overs out of 50.
Against teams like SL, bad (boundary) balls will be rare. We will need to consistently convert singles out of perfectly good balls. Similarly, batsmen will have to learn to minimise their "settling times". A batsman like Ganguly was blinking hard (trying to see the ball well) after playing for 15-20 overs!
If you plot the team result (win or loss) against the dot balls conceded, you will see my point.
