Papua New Guinea's U19 cricketers' world cup campaign takes another step up this afternoon when they take on an impressive India at Tauranga's Bay Oval in New Zealand.
In the first round of play PNG were beaten by 10 wickets by Zimbabwe in a rain affected match in Christchurch, while India thrashed Australia by 100 runs.
PNG Cricket CEO Greg Campbell Photo: PNG Cricket
PNG Cricket CEO and coach Greg Campbell said the Australians may have been taken by surprise by the Indians.
He said India looked a complete side.
"The top two looked very impressive with the bat and they have a couple of blokes that can bowl 145-149 kmph and they are just an all-round very complete side, so we are under no illusions what we are facing today and tonight but we just have to give it our best effort."
PNG will need to miraculously bounce back from the Zimbabwe loss but Campbell said they had put it behind them.
Pre-tournament the PNG side had targeted their opening fixture against Zimbabwe, having beaten them in their last encounter in 2012.
However they only managed to put up 95 in a rain reduced 20-over match and the Zimbabweans were good enough to reach the target with six overs to spare.
Campbell said the team had refocused towards the rest of the tournament.
"We were targeting that as a possible win, so we were really disappointed," he said.
"We had a team meeting and realised that game has gone now and they can't dwell on it. We are looking forward to the next four days.
"We've got India who demolished Australia and then we have Australia back in Christchurch," Campbell said.
"So we have done our preparation, the boys just have to enjoy what's ahead of them. Don't worry too much about the results but worry about learning."
The former Australian international said PNG could improve hugely with their fielding.
"We were very disappointed in our fielding and we think we can leave a mark on the tournament, how good a fielders they are and they are very calypso-like in the field.
"They can take the stunning catch and the game changing run out. So that's an area we have marked, our fielding can improve, and our batting and our bowling can improve even one or two percent. If we do that we will be very happy."
PNG lost to Zimbabwe by 10 wickets Photo: PNG Cricket