India may have done it the hard way but they ultimately got the job done, surviving a few scares along the way to make it to the knockout stages on home soil.
Victories over Sri Lanka and Pakistan got them going but three consecutive defeats, against South Africa, Australia and England, put the pressure on a team already dealing with the weight of expectation from the home crowds.
The response was emphatic, Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal both scoring centuries as India racked up 340 for three against New Zealand, their highest-ever score at an ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, to book their place in the semi-finals.