Match starts 1330 GMT Monday
India need to beat minnows Bermuda by a wide margin on Monday to make sure they improve their run rate enough to give them a chance of making the Super 8s. 
India lost their opening World Cup match to Bangladesh and know that significant improvement in all areas is required for their remaining matches.
They could wield the axe immediately and drop out-of-form Virender Sehwag.
Rahul Dravid said: "It's pretty clear what we have to do. We have to win the remaining two games convincingly."
The India captain added: "We have to learn lessons from the bad shots against Bangladesh."
Fast bowler Irfan Pathan was left out of the opening match but could come into the reckoning against Bermuda, who were beaten by 243 runs by Sri Lanka in their first ever match at a World Cup.
Bermuda coach Gus Logie said his team "remain believers who can take something from this World Cup.
"It's part of the learning exercise. We've have set ourselves little goals.
"If we can bat out 50 overs against these teams, then that's a plus for us."
Bermuda are the smallest country ever to qualify for a World Cup finals.
Teams (from):
India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel.
Bermuda: Irving Romaine (captain), Dean Minors, Delyone Borden, Lionel Cann, David Hemp, Kevin Hurdle, Malachi Jones, Stefan Kelly, Dwayne Leverock, Saleem Mukuddem, Stephen Outerbridge, Oliver Pitcher, Clay Smith, Janeiro Tucker, Kwame Tucker.
Umpires: Aleem Dar, Pakistan, and Ian Howell, South Africa.
TV umpire: Daryl Harper, Australia. Match referee: Alan Hurst, Australia.
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