India's top-order batters will have to shed their diffident ways against a rejuvenated South Africa to instil more momentum into their slow-brewing ICC Women's World Cup campaign here on Thursday.
A glance at the points table will show India's comfortable second position - the hosts can slip to third if Australia beat Pakistan on Wednesday in Colombo - with two wins from as many games.
But beneath that glossy exterior, India have a mounting worry in the lack of runs so far from talismanic Smriti Mandhana, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and the energetic Jemimah Rodrigues.