Auckland: Mahendra Singh Dhoni would have boarded the team bus from the Novotel Hotel in Hamilton for the three-hour drive to the Heritage Hotel here, with a lot of satisfaction.


Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates a South African wicket in Melbourne last month. Pic/Getty Images 

His Men in Blue have been so clinical this far in the league phase of the World Cup that their last group match, against Zimbabwe at Eden Park on Saturday, is inconsequential as the defending champions will remain on top of Pool 'B' irrespective of the result.