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With the series already in their grasp, India would be aiming for a clean-sweep to dent England's confidence a bit more in their final ODI on Sunday.
England have been winless in the disastrous tour so far, having been outplayed in the Test series prior to the ODIs.
And it looks unlikely that the tide would turn dramatically today.
India's old brigade of Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who stepped down from limited-overs captaincy ahead of the series, turned back the clock to help the team once again out-bat England by 15 runs in the second ODI.
The biggest concern for India has been Shikhar Dhawan, who has been struggling to get into the rhythm. With scores of one and 11 in the two ODIs, it's high time that the team think-tank looks beyond Dhawan, especially when they have an in-form Ajinkya Rahane warming the bench.
An injury scare on Friday, which prompted Dhawan to make a trip of the hospital, could lead to a change today.
The other opener KL Rahul too is yet to replicate his Test form into ODIs and has scores of eight and five in the two ODIs so far.
The other Indian opener, Rohit Sharma, who is recovering from an injury will be sorely missed at this venue given that in the last match here two years ago, he had struck a world record 264.
Sharma's epic knock had powered India to 404/5 against Sri Lanka, who lost by 153 runs on November 13, 2014.
The third and final ODI before the Champions Trophy in England will give an opportunity for the defending champions to sort out the opening riddle. The rest of the batting line-up looks set and need not be tinkered with but Kohli may look to tweak his seam attack a bit with Hardik Pandya's bowling lacking bite. The Eoin Morgan-led outfit has batted with as much verve but has fallen short every time - be it while chasing 382 in Cuttack or defending a target of 351 in Pune.
Morgan himself has been in stupendous form and had almost overshadowed Yuvraj and Dhoni's record 256 partnership with a sensational counter-attacking innings of 102 from 81 balls in Cuttack.
Indian batsmen, however, have been ruthless as a unit and showed that a target of 350 is just a number especially when the ever-reliable Virat Kohli is on song.
The biggest plus for India has been Kedar Jadhav, who played a 76-ball 120 in Pune. They went a notch higher in Cuttack where India's net gain in two warhorses, Dhoni and Yuvraj, coming among runs put them right in frame ahead of the Champions Trophy. - PTI
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