India is set for another series win, India won the toss and Bowl first.
India is set for another series win, India won the toss and Bowl first.
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Hosts India would look to seal a series win when they face Sri Lanka in the third and final One-day International at the Visakhapatnam on Sunday. India are yet to lose a series at home since their loss to South Africa in October 2015 and will look to continue that trend in a city, which has been a fortress in the past. Team India have lost just once in seven games in Visakhapatnam and following their performance in Mohali in the 2nd ODI, will start as the clear favorites. The visitors, reference by news about the availability of ace all-rounder Angelo Mathews for the crucial game, will give it their all to bit a much-needed series win, in what has been a tough year for them.

However, India will need to be wary. Sri Lanka will be determined to win their first ever bilateral series in India, having lost eight and drawn one. Things might not have started well for stand-in captain Rohit Sharma with the hosts losing by seven wickets in the opening ODI in Dharamsala. But a brilliant double century, his third in ODIs, would have got the Indian opener's confidence right up where it should be. In the absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli, Rohit will have the added pressure of shouldering the Indian batting line-up but if his performance in Mohali is anything to go by, India are in safe hands.

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