IND vs ENG: Mithali Raj & Co eye ODI clean sweep

The series already in the bag a confident India will look to complete a whitewash when they take on a beleaguered England in the third and final womens Oneday International here ThursdayThe Mithali Rajled outfit had thrashed the reigning World Champions by 66 runs in the opening ODI and then followed it up with a dominating sevenwicket win in the second game to seal the threematch series with a 20 unassailable leadMore importantly India grabbed four crucial points in the ICC Womens championship as the race for securing direct qualification spots for the 2021 World Cup heats upWith two more points up for grabs the hosts would not like to experiment by making any changes to the lineup India seem to have found the winning momentum under new coach W V Raman as they ticked most boxes in the last two games Prolific opener Smriti Mandhana who is the current ICC cricketer of the year has been in splendid form Her classy 63 in the last game helped the hosts to clinch the match and the seriesVeteran Mithali Raj who is the leading rungetter in ODIs has scores of 44 and 47 in the last two games Both Mandhana and her skipper would like to continue from where they left Experienced Punam Raut who made a comeback to the ODI side justified her selection over Harleen Deol by chipping in with a handy 32 Rauts inclusion seems to have sorted out the middleorder woes But she and young opener Jemimah Rodrigues both from Mumbai need to convert their starts into bigger scores The likes of Deepti Sharma Mona Meshram and wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia also need to chip in if the toporder faltersThe Indian bowlers both seamers and spinners have been impressive Veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami with 5 wickets in the rubber and Shikha Pandey 6 wickets have troubled the visitors in the first two games at the Wankhede stadium hereEngland have found it difficult to face the Indian spin trio of Deepti Sharma Poonam Yadav and Ekta Bisht Slow leftarm orthodox bowler Bisht spun the visitors to their doom with a fourwicket haul in game oneThe struggling England side also suffered a blow after allrounder Sophie Ecclestone was ruled out of the third ODI and remainder of the tour due to a fractured hand The visitors will play for pride and aim to bag the two crucial points as part of the ICC Championship before heading to the threematch T20I series in Guwahati next monthApart from allrounder Natalie Sciver and skipper Heather Knight the other batters have largely performed below par On the bowling front the visiting teams pacers Anya Shrubsole Georgia Elwiss and Kathrine Brunt have the wherewithal to trouble the hosts The hosts on their current form once again start as front runners but England could spring a surprise and prevent a clean sweep by IndiaTeams fromIndia Women Mithali Raj C Jhulan Goswami Smriti Mandhana Jemimah Rodrigues Deepti Sharma Taniya Bhatia WK R Kalpana WK Mona Meshram Ekta Bisht Rajeshwari Gayakwad Poonam Yadav Shikha Pandey Mansi Joshi Punam Raut Harleen DeolEngland Women Heather Knight C Tammy Beaumont Katherine Brunt Kate Cross Sophia Dunkley Sophie Ecclestone Georgia Elwiss Alex Hartley Amy Jones Laura Marsh Nat Sciver Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor WK Lauren Winfield and Danni WyattMatch starts at 9 AMCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever