Lara keen to avoid India and Australia

Jaipur: Two massive victories in qualifying for the ICC Champions Trophy has boosted the confidence of West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara ahead of the main round of the biennial limited-overs tournament.

A victory tomorrow against fellow-qualifier Sri Lanka will put the West Indies in Group B of the main round, which includes Pakistan, South Africa and New Zealand.

A loss will see the defending champions take on world champion Australia, England and India in Group A.

"It's a very, very important game, we would love to continue the momentum going and so is Sri Lanka," Lara said of tomorrow's match.

"No team wants to pick themselves up from a loss going into the more important stage of the tournament," he added.

The West Indies - winner of the Champions Trophy in England two years ago - has lost just one wicket in its two qualifying matches with opening batsmen Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Chris Gayle, starring with Lara in both games.