Shahid Afridi Pakistan captain is not worried about a possible clash World Cup semifinal against India, saying his immediate goal is to beat the West Indies.

Pakistan early favorite in the quarter-final stage on Wednesday against Darren Sammy Sher-e-Bangla men after winning Group A with five wins in six games.

One of those victories broke the invincibility of Australia with 34 matches of the World Cup during a period of 12 years after the defending champions three times decreased by four wickets in Colombo on Saturday.

A victory over the West Indies could Afridi was a man of mouthwatering semi-final against his rival, India, if the co-hosts beat Australia in the quarterfinals Thursday at Ahmedabad.

"Our entire focus is on winning the quarterfinal, I am not even thinking of the next match, whether it is India or Australia," Afridi told a packed news conference.

"We will not take the West Indies lightly. Any team is capable of winning on their day, there are no second chances in a knock-out match. I think they are a very good side."

West Indies slumped to defeat against the positions of England and India, and only qualified for the quarterfinals is a great class to run after the end of the level of the championship in Bangladesh six points.

Awesome Afridi as a team would be happy that their country's volatile cricket was big-time at home for security reasons and spoiled disgusting spot fixing scandal.

The absence of former captain Salman Butt and pace spearhead Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer because of the controversy was not considered that the team has rallied incredibly inspired by their captain.

All-rounder Afridi melon is leading the tournament with 17 wickets with his leg-breaks fastish while sewing Umar Gul kept the pressure on the other end with 13 wickets.

Afridi may have failed with the bat so far with only 65 runs in six games, but the young wolves Omar Asad Shafiq Akmal and shined in his first World Cup.

Akmal scored 211 is 52.75, and Shafiq averages of 124 and two games played so far, but older people with experience as Misbah-ul Haq and Younis Khan have given their rigidity is a middle-order.

"Our success so far has been entirely due to the bowlers, who have done a very good job," said Afridi. "I myself have not batted well and will focus on that tomorrow."

"I know how important my batting is for the team and I will try to get some runs on the board."

Afridi played down suggestions that the West Indies will be hard to beat at a venue where they shot out Bangladesh for their lowest one-day total of 58 in the league to romp home by nine wickets.

"That was Bangladesh, this is Pakistan," the captain said. "It's not that we are playing for the first time in these conditions. We feel at home anywhere in the sub-continent."

Afridi said he had never seen Pakistan work so hard at their cricket, which has been rewarded by the good results so far.

"I have played for 14 years and never seen the team train so seriously and focus on their game," he said. "The entire team is together in the dream to do well in the World Cup.

"Our aim at the start was to make the semifinals and I am confident we can achieve that. The expectations back home are high and we are determined not to let our supporters down."