Wasim Akram said India will certainly find it tough against the hosts who will go all out to come up trumps.
The squad attended Hughes's funeral in Macksville on Wednesday and will assemble in Adelaide later on Thursday.
Buttler smashed 55 off 37 deliveries and Root scored a run-a-ball 48 to help England to its Duckworth/Lewis target of 236 runs.
Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur briefly threatened to take away the game but East bowlers and fielders kept their wits and sent both back in time to stop West's march.
But Down Under, they don't believe in giving a quarter, not that they expect one from you.
Australia comes to a halt to pay respects to a little brother, mate and favourite son.
Running in with that trademark energy and leap before release, Dinda had the West top-order in trouble.
Yuvraj, Harbhajan — out of favour at the moment but still harbouring hopes of returning to the fold.
Knowing the camera lenses were well and truly fixed on him, Abbott did not falter once.
Selectors meet in Mumbai on Thursday to pick the preliminary list of 30 probables for the 2015 World Cup.
Tendulkar shared a picture of him and Hughes on his twitter page, and mourned the death of the youngster.
The bats were inscribed with messages like "Cheeky chappie" and "top man" among others.
Clarke sucked back deep breaths at Macksville High School hall during the tribute to his "little brother's" spirit.
Selected quotes from eulogies and tributes to Phillip Hughes on Wednesday.
Michael Clarke broke down in tears for the second time in a few days as he paid public tribute to Hughes.
The funeral for Hughes turned into a celebration of his life despite the grief and sorrow still evident.
The 36-year-old was optimistic about his chances to make the cut for the quadrennial showpiece event.
Due to circumstances and finger injury, MS Dhoni reaches Adelaide without the usual fanfare.
If India have played too little cricket to be prepared, Australia have seen too much sadness to be prepared.
Ambati Rayudu will represent West Zone in the Deodhar Trophy final against East Zone on Wednesday.
Srikanth was widely criticized for being a CSK official despite being the chairman of the selection committee.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott is also due to attend the service and expected to pay tribute to the late cricketer.
Sehwag seemed confident that Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men will retain the World Cup.
Abbott got back to net bowling and will be attending Phil Hughes' funeral service in Macksville.
Harris said he had not reached a decision on his return & many players would have liked longer to recover.


