India eye whitewash

The series may be in their grasp, but India are unlikely to take their feet off the pedal when they take on a hapless England in the fourth ODI to push for a whitewash in the five-match ODI series on Sunday.
Having outplayed England in the first three encounters, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men have returned to the scene of India's greatest triumph just over six months after sending the billon-strong nation to delirium by clinching cricket's biggest prize -- the World Cup -- under lights at this revamped arena.
The 3-0 unassailable lead going into the penultimate clash on a wicket that is expected to be a slow turner may not be redemption, but it must have assuaged some bad feelings the Indian captain might have carried since his return home from the disastrous tour of England.
What should be more pleasing to him and coach Duncan Fletcher is that the triumphant run in the current series has been achieved without the presence of several key members of the World Cup-winning squad, indicating the strong bench strength, albeit in home conditions.
Among the most pleasing aspects of the five-wicket victory in Mohali was the form shown by young opener Ajinkya Rahane -- the lone Mumbai representative in the squad in this series, who would be playing his first international encounter in front of his home supporters,
The 20-year-old Rahane, who scored a man-of-the-match winning 91, and the fighting Parthiv Patel laid the platform for the challenging (300-run target) chase with a stand of 79 that helped lay a good platform for Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja to finish off the match and seal the series triumph.
SQUADS
INDIA (from): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Varun Aaron, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar, S Aravind, Rahul Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Praveen Kumar.
ENGLAND (from): Alastair Cook (captain), Craig Kieswetter, Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara, Jonathan Bairstow, Graeme Swann, Samit Patel, Tim Bresnan, Steven Finn, Stuart Meaker, Graham Onions, Scott Borthwick, Jose Buttler, Alex Hales.