India aim at series win in third ODI against WI Friday, January 26, 2007 12:49 [IST]
Chennai: Powered by two back-to-back wins, India would look forward to bank on their team
work and renewed vigour to clinch the series in the penultimate one-day
international cricket match against West Indies
here tomorrow (Jan 27, 2007).
The hosts will take heart from the fact that they staved off starkly different
yet challenging situations to come out victors in the last two matches.
After seeing his team take an unassailable 2-0 lead, Indian skipper Rahul
Dravid may try out some players with the focus on prolific middle order batsman
Yuvraj Singh, who is staging a comeback after recuperating from a knee injury.
Apart from Yuvraj, the inclusion of veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble in the
squad is a strong indication that he will also get into the final eleven as the
countdown for picking the team for the World Cup has started.
Although the dew factor in the second session of the day-night game at Chepauk
will keep both sides on tenterhooks, the Indian batsmen will relish the strip
in the middle, which the curator says will be a belter, to get some confident
knocks under their belt.
The toss is likely to hold the key as neither side would like to affect their
batting because of the dew factor.
"Everything depends on the exsisting conditions on the match day. The
outfield is like a carpet, the ball will move faster and the wicket will a
batting strip. The team winning the toss will be on an advantageous
position," said curator K Parthasarathy. |