We don't want to give it away now - Ganguly

India's captain Sourav Ganguly saluted his side after they bowled New Zealand out for 146 and rebuilt from a potentially catastrophic position early on to secure their seventh consecutive World Cup win.

"I thought we were splendid in the field, it was absolutely fantastic," said Ganguly. "We lost a couple of early wickets but it was good to see someone turn up and win the game for you."

"We have done very well so far but we have still got the important stage to come. We have come so far we don't want to give it away."

New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming admitted his side had been up to standard when given first use of the pitch.

"It was a poor performance batting wise. We were never in the game," he said. "There was nothing in the pitch, if anything it should have favoured us bowling later in the day but 146 was not going to cut it.

New Zealand can only reach the semi-finals if Zimbabwe manage a win tomorrow to prevent Sri Lanka from taking the last place.

"We were either all or nothing on other days," Fleming added. "We are disappointed it has to come to that [a Zimbabwe victory] but good luck to Zimbabwe."