India cross their first hurdle:

India have crossed their first hurdle by beating Bermuda by 257 runs It was a much improved performance by the Indian Team. They did most of the things right after losing the toss and being put into bat. The batsmen, especially Virendar Sehwag, capitalized on the inexperienced bowling attack. Sehwag laid the foundation for the big total, he played a sensible and aggressive innings after a long time(59 innings). Although his 114 off 87 balls is not one of the best centuries scored, it came at a rather usefull time. If Sehwag provided the start, it was Ganguly who consolidated, he scored a composed 89 off 114 balls. Thus, the platform was laid for the big hitters to come and blast off the Bermuda bowlers.

The Indians did the right thing by sending Dhoni up the order(although this should not be repeated against teams like Srilanka, as it may trigger a lower order collapse). Dhoni scored a usefull 29 off 26 balls, but it was Yuvraj Singh and Tendulkar, who proved the real firepower.
The Scorecard read 275/ 4 at the 40 over stage, we were expecting a total of 350-370. But thanks to Yuvraj, who scored 83 off just 46 balls with 7 Sixes and 3 fours. Sachin proved to be the perfect foil for Yuvraj, but even he scored 57 off 29 balls with 4 sixes, the last six of his brought up the first 400 total in World Cup history. The Bermuda bowlers showed their inexperience by bowling too short and they were way-too-predictable.
The last 10 overs proved to be very costly for Bermuda: 130 runs were scored and about 10 sixes were hit off it.
Bermuda put up a below average performance to be bundled out for just 156. Only David Hemp provided some resistance with a solid 76. The Indian bowling attack needs to be more accurate, they should have restricted Bermuda below 150.

Dravid should drop the third seamer and add an extra spinner. It might prove costly as Seamers have a very less chance of getting wickets in these conditions. Dravid needs to rethink his strategy. We cannot afford tactical blunders when we have to win all matches by convincing margins.
The only positive that i could see was that Sehwag had managed to score a century. He needs to concentrate more on his technique and score lots of runs against greater and more powerfull bowling attacks. Hope he continues in the same vein of form.
India now face a daunting challenge of beating Srilanka by a huge marigin.(Remember Srilanka would be batting in conditions very similar to theirs. They also have a perfect bowling attack:Vaas and Lasith Malinga provide the pace, while Jayasuriya, Malinga Bandara, and Muralitharan are hard to score off in any pitch).

West Indies reach the quarters:
West Indies restricted Zimbabwe to 202 and reached the total comfortably with 6 wickets remaining and 13 balls to spare. Zimbabwe desperately need players who can play matchwinning innnings. The whole match seemed one sided with the winner already decided even before the match begun. ICC needs to take the appropriate steps immediately to improve Zimbabwe's condition.
West Indies need to improve their batting and they also need to avoid batting collapses if they desire need to win the cup. Their batting looks just above average and it is persistenly inconsistent similar to India.