A confident looking skipper Mohd Azharuddin, on Tuesday, called for all Indian supporters to have faith in the abilities of his team at the world cup and “leave them to do the job”.

“Please have trust in the players. They had made it happen when everybody was predicting doomsday. Leave them to do the job,” Azharruddin said at a reception accorded to the team by Indian High Commissioner Lalit Mansingh at the “India House” in London on Tuesday evening.

Former prime minister V P Singh, West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, famous author Lord Jeffrey Archer, former skipper Kapil Dev and Indian board president Rajsingh Dungarpur were among the dignitaries present at the reception.

Coach Anshuman Gaekwad said the team was not unduly worried over fears of crowd trouble in their crunch super six tie against Pakistan at Old Trafford on June 8.

Gaekwad said the boys were “totally focused on upcoming challenges.”

“The boys are focused on working out game strategies against top opponents they will face and anything outside the playing field remains at best only secondary,” he told reporters.

Former Aussie skipper and team consultant Bob Simpson was happy the Indians had begun to click as a team after two early defeats against South Africa and Zimbabwe.

“We have struck good rhythm right in the middle of the tournament, unlike our fancied opponents, who after a bright start appear to be faltering,” he said.

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