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India Under-19 third ODI today

KOLKATA, FEB. 10. India Under-19, having made a clean sweep of the three-Test series, will look to assert its superiority over England Under-19 in the third and fourth one-dayers at the Eden Gardens on Friday and Saturday.

Going by the comfortable manner in which the host won the first two matches at Agartala, it is likely that the series will be decided here over the next two days.

With the originally scheduled venue — Guwahati — changed owing to security concerns and the matches shifted here, it will be the second time the two teams meet at Eden Gardens, which hosted one of the Tests.

The successful result in the Test match will definitely spur the host, which has also dominated the one-dayers so far. Captain Manoj Tiwari, Gaurav Dhiman, Mayank Tehlan and Ankit Rawat will look to continue their good run.

The visiting side, led by Steven Davies, are still seeking a win. Lack of consistency and inability to negotiate spin has caused England's debacle.

It needs to be seen if the English boys can turn their fortunes around here.

The last match of the series will be played in Siliguri.

The teams (from):

England Under-19: Steven Davis (Capt., wk), Moeen Ali, Joseph Danly, William Glifford, David Griffiths Mitchell Stokes, Ben Harmison, Adam Harrison, Michael O'Shea, Mark Lawson, Andrew Miller, Steven Mullaney, John Simpson, Thomas Smith. Coach: Andy Pick.

India Under-19: Manoj Tiwari (Capt.), Sushant Marathe (wk), Ankit Rawat, Anil Srikkanth, Ravikanth Shukla, Parag Madkaikar, A.G. Pradeep, Rohit Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Piyush Chawla, Gaurav Dhiman, Anand Rajan, Kuldeep Sharma, Mayank Tehlan. Coach: Venkatesh Prasad. — Our Sports Reporter

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