We can turn things around: James Tredwell

England can still stage a turnaround in the one-day series against India despite being on the backfoot, according to spinner James Tredwell who said the team will go into the must-win game trying to draw inspiration from their first game which the visitors won comfortably.

"Obviously, the two defeats are in the back of our minds but I think if you look forward to the result too quickly, then you take your eye off the process.

"I guess we are just going into the game trying to execute our skills as best as we can and if we do that and perform like we did in the first game, there is every chance we can turn them over," Tredwell said at the pre-match press conference here on Tuesday.

"We have a point to prove, absolutely. We spoke about it. It can be quite easy in this part of the world that if you get on a bad trot, you can let your heads drop and we can't allow that to creep in," he said.

Tredwell said the team played well in the first game in Rajkot and will draw positives from that match rather than think about the poor performances.

Pacers may get assistance in cold Mohali conditions

With cold conditions persisting in the northern region for the past several days, fast bowlers are likely to get assistance in the last two ODIs between India and England at Mohali and Dharamsala. It rained heavily in Mohali and other parts of Punjab in the last few days and though the weather has been dry since yesterday, the temperature has dropped slightly and there is chill in the air.

The officials at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), which is hosting the January 23 ODI in Mohali, were working with all modern equipments at their disposal to give finishing touches to the ground after the heavy downpour. Both the teams, who arrived here today by an afternoon flight, will have their practice sessions tomorrow starting with England in the afternoon followed by the Indians in the evening. A PCA official said they are hoping the weather remains clear, but also seem confident of preparing the ground in case there are further rains.

"We have the best drainage system and modern equipment at our disposal to dry out things in minimum possible time in case of more rains. But we hope that weather holds good and there is plenty of sunshine during the next three days," the official said.

De Villiers suspended for two ODIs for slow over rate

South Africa captain AB de Villiers has been suspended for two ODIs while his teammates have been fined 100 per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over rate during their one-wicket defeat against New Zealand in the first ODI in Paarl.

David Boon of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees imposed the suspension after the Proteas were ruled to be six overs short of their target at the end of the match on Saturday when time allowances were taken into consideration.

De Villiers pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction so there was no need for a formal hearing.

In accordance with Article 2.5.2 and Appendix 2 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which deals with serious over rate offences, the captain receives two suspension points while the players are fined 10 per cent of their match fees for each of the first two overs short and 20 per cent for every additional over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.

Jadeja is a perfect bowling all-rounder: Dhoni

Ravindra Jadeja's exploits with the bat and the ball have received praise from the Indian skipper, MS Dhoni, who has hailed the southpaw's recent performances and termed him as the perfect bowling all-rounder. Dhoni went onto add that Jadeja was the answer to the elusive bowling all-rounder India had been looking for for quite a while now and the only other option they had in the recent past was Irfan Pathan.

"Jadeja is definitely someone who is giving us that balance. In that way, Jadeja is the perfect person to have. We have been struggling with the bowling all-rounder. Irfan is the only one that we have got. Before the new rules were introduced, we used to rely on Yuvraj Singh Images and other part timers to get over with the 10 overs. But with the new rule, Yuvi will need a bit more time to settle down as a bowler," stated Dhoni.

However the Indian captain did not want to put undue batting pressure on Jadeja and expected the Indian top order to perform. "He can bat a bit, but at the same time, we don't want to expose him too much right now. The top-order needs to perform and he bats at No 7 for us. We have seen glimpses of him and he can really take on the bowlers. It does not matter if you're a quickie or a spinner," said Dhoni.

Indian team retained for last 2 ODIs

The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced that it has decided to not alter the Indian team for the final 2 ODIs against England. The Indians made a strong comeback in the series after a narrow loss in the first ODI by winning the next 2 ODIs by handsome margins and the Indian board stuck to the winning combination.

The 4th and the 5th ODIs will be held at Mohali and Dharamshala respectively.

Team for 4th and 5th ODI: MS Dhoni(c/wk), Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, B Kumar, Ashoke Dinda, Shami Ahmed.

India vs England, 3rd ODI, Ranchi

India have won the toss and elected to field

The wicket was expected to produce a lot of runs, but the bowlers kept things tight and never let the batsmen run away with the advantage. They picked wickets at regular intervals, Jadeja produced a few brilliant deliveries and was well supported by Ashwin too. Joe Root was the only flash in the pan for England, he looked steady until he fell for a false shot.

Virat Kohli, the man unbeaten on 77, takes the backseat as the duo walk out. Dhoni waves to the crowd that goes louder and louder. This is India's biggest win against England in terms of balls remaining (131). That is an indicator of how thoroughly dominant the Indians were today. The bowlers started it all off after Dhoni chose to bowl. They combined splendidly to restrict England to just 155.

India 157/3 (28.1 Overs)

England 155 (42.2 Overs)

India won by 7 wkts

Virat Kohli is the Man of the Match for his unbeaten 77.

England can learn a lesson from India: Morgan

Eoin Morgan believes that England have it in them to wrest the initiative away from the hosts when they gear up to face the MS Dhoni led side in the 3rd ODI at Ranchi on Saturday, 19th of January.

Morgan, who missed the previous ODI series tour in 2011 with a shoulder injury insisted that his team can learn from past experiences. Th series is tied at 1-1 with England drawing first blood at Rajkot and India returning the compliments with a thumping win at Kochi. Both matches were played in front of a raucous crowd, a common feature in any Indian stadiums.

"The only blip we have had since Alastair (Cook) took over as captain was the last trip we had here and we learnt a lot of lessons from that," he said.

"When we were here last we went away from our principles of taking the emotion out of the game and concentrating on what we do best, concentrating on us as a team and our strengths and not getting distracted by other things."

Injury scare for Dhoni ahead of Ranchi ODI

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday survived an injury scare when a rising delivery hit his right thumb during the team's practice session on the eve of the third one-dayer against England here.

However, the team management said he was fit and there was no danger to Dhoni, who is all set to lead Team India at his home ground amidst the local fans, who are eagerly waiting to see the city's favourite son in action on Saturday.

"He is perfectly alright. He does not even need to have an X-ray, scan or anything. There is no danger at all," Satish, Indian team manager (logistics), told reporters here on Friday.

At the nets, Dhoni even bowled and batted for about 10 minutes before being hit by a rising delivery from Indian bowling coach Joe Dawes.

The skipper did not bat again after being hit at the nets and was seen applying ice packs and watching the proceedings from the dressing room balcony.

Kirsten keen to change South Africa's one-day luck

Gary Kirsten has proved to be a coach with a golden touch, firstly with India and now with South Africa.

He took India to number one in Test cricket and they won the 2011 World Cup in his last assignment with the world's most populous cricket nation.

In less than two years with South Africa he has seen the country of his birth become entrenched as the best in the world in Tests. Now there is the challenge of forging a dominant one-day team.

"We would like to perform at a higher level than we have in one-day cricket," Kirsten said as he looked ahead to a three-match series against New Zealand, starting in Paarl on Saturday.

"We've been okay but we haven't been outstanding."

Being "okay" is not good enough for Kirsten.

"We believe that we are capable of being a unit that can really perform at one-day level," he said.

Dhoni admits that he misread the pitch

Following their crushing 127 run victory over England in the second ODI at Kochi, Indian skipper MS Dhoni conceded that he did not have the firepower that whitewashed England 5-0 in the previous two series. India had whitewashed England in the 2008 and 2011 ODI series at home but Dhoni said his side would not be that dominant now as they lacked firepower in bowling and the top batsmen were struggling.

Talking to reporters at the post match press conference, Dhoni said, "It has happened in the past, but it does not mean it will happen in this series also. We have our own things to worry about. During the last series, we played well as a batting unit and our bowlers were more experienced. Both the bowlers and the batsmen what to do in the powerplays and death overs, how to use the new balls."

Dhoni went onto add that the bowling department lacks the firepower of the previous attacks and the top order is also struggling for runs. He reiterated that the team will have to solve the problem of batsmen failing to convert starts into big totals if they have win matches consistently.

"This has been a problem area. If three or four batsmen make 50, then it is important that at least one or two of them go on to make at least 75. This ensures that when the new batsmen come after them after the loss of quick wickets, then they will not feel the pressure."

Dhoni's big hitting cost us the game: Cook

England skipper Alastair Cook attributed his team's loss to the poor bowling performance at the death overs which saw England giving away 108 runs in the last 10 overs. He conceded that England were outplayed by the Indians on the field and lamented over not capitalising the good start given by his bowlers. He pointed out that that 240-250 was gettable on this wicket.

"The ball spun a little more in the second innings, but you cannot use that as an excuse. We were out skilled and outplayed today. We had a chance in the first 10 overs to get three or four wickets but we did no quite do that. Finn bowled well but full credit to India for putting us under pressure," he said.

Cook also admitted that MS Dhoni's big hits at the death overs made all the difference. "It is a very tough proposition when you have got people like MS Dhoni batting in the death overs. You get exposed when you don't quite get the skills right," he told reporters during the after-match press conference.

India posted a competitive 285 thanks to Dhoni's 72 and Ravindra Jadeja's 61. The bowlers then did a wonderful job and skittled out the visitors for a paltry 158 in just 36 overs to level the five-match series 1-1. Cook praised Dhoni's big-hitting prowess and said his late-order surge changed the complexion of the match. "He is probably the best player in the world in those situations, in these conditions."

India vs England, 2nd ODI, Kochi

India have won the toss and elected to bat

India have scored 108 runs in the last 10 overs and that's all thanks to Jadeja and MS Dhoni. India seemed to be heading towards 240/250 at one stage but a blazing partnership of 96 off 60 balls between RJ and Dhoni has given them a bonus of 30 odd runs.

Ravindra Jadeja had a day to remember. He contributed with bat, ball and on the field to help India to a big win. The England chase never really got going. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar was the star early on. His 10 over spell right at the top ensured that England were always on the backfoot. On a track that was aiding the spinners, his spell of 3/30 was worth its weight in gold. Kevin Pietersen was the only batsman who looked in any sort of comfort but after his dismissal the Indian spinners got stuck in and never let the pressure off.

England 158-all out (36.0 Overs)

India 285/6 (50.0 Overs)

India won by 127 runs

Ravindra Jadeja is the Man of the Match for his all-round efforts.

Kochi would be a run feast: Sreesanth

Discarded Indian speedster, S Sreesanth has predicted that the second ODI between India and England to be played at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in Kochi, will be a run feast as the pitch is expected to be tailor-made for the batsmen and would not offer much assistance to the bowlers. Sreesanth stated that the encounter would be a "high scoring game as the pitch is a belter".

Being a local boy hailing from the state of Kerala, Sreesanth said, "It is going to be a batting wicket. You can be sure of a 300-plus score. The pitch has improved a lot." He further stated that he was back to peak fitness and very keen to make a comeback to the Indian Team.

Leaking 38 runs in the last two overs cost us: Dhoni

Leaking 38 runs in the last two overs of England innings cost India dear in the first ODI, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni conceded in the brief media interaction, which ended abruptly after the Saurashtra Cricket Association authorities switched off power.

"Yes, we conceded a lot of runs in the last two overs. (However), we got a good start but did not have enough wickets in hand in the last ten overs to put pressure on them. Had I stayed on for two more overs things could have turned out differently," said Dhoni after his team's nine-run defeat.

The power was switched off by SCA officials to conduct the sound and laser show for the assembled crowd that stayed on after the conclusion of the prize distribution function.

Dhoni had answered a few questions before power was switched off, which prompted him to ask if he "can call it a day".

India vs England, 1st ODI, Rajkot

England have won the toss and elected to bat

Top effort from England's batsmen, but despite all the effort, I must say that this is just a bit more than a par score. The pitch (read road) is flat and a batsman's paradise. Bell and Cook gave England the platform early on, and although they lost some momentum in the middle, the likes of Pietersen, Morgan and later Samit Patel ensured that they went past 300.

India will look back at the last two overs which went for 38 runs. Apart from that, there was nothing much to separate between the teams. Except Kohli, all the recognised batsmen got going and looked like playing a big knock while they were in the middle. Yuvraj and Raina played gorgeous strokes, but got out at crucial junctures. Dhoni got the crowd going with 4 sixes, but hit one straight to the fielder. Indeed that was the story of the innings as most of the batsmen gifted away their wickets. For England, it was off-spinner James Tredwell who was a revelation as he brought up his best ODI figures. Dernbach was costly, but picked up the big wicket of Dhoni.

India 316/9 (50.0 Overs)

England 325/4 (50.0 Overs)

England won by 9 runs

James Tredwell is the Man of the Match.

England have won their first ODI match against India on Indian soil in 7 years.

Pakistan players given a warm reception at home

Pakistan star batsman Nasir Jamshed, who tormented the Indian bowlers in the just concluded series, has forgotten to carry his man-of-the-series trophy with him.

Jamshed, who scored back-to-back centuries in the first two one-dayers in the series, and the victorious Pakistan team was accorded a warm welcome on Monday.

"In the rush to get to the airport I forgot my trophy but the team management says I will get it soon," Jamshed said.

"But the welcome we have got today is really out of this world and it shows just how important it was for us to win this series for the people," the left-hander said.

Jamshed said the two centuries he had made in the series had given him lot of confidence and self belief.

"But I will be talking to Inzamam-ul-Haq and Saeed Anwar again to get tips from them on how to further improve my batting," the opener said.

Sehwag out, Pujara in for England ODIs

India have retained the majority of the team that lost the series against Pakistan with the only change being Cheteshwar Pujara being preferred over experienced opener Virender Sehwag.

ODI Squad: MS Dhoni (capt, keeper), Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Ashoke Dinda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shami Ahmed, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Chesteshwar Pujara, Amit Mishra.

Unaggressive approach cost India match: Ganguly

Former India captain, Sourav Ganguly has come down heavily on the Indian batsmen for their lack of aggression in the run chase against Pakistan in the 2nd ODI at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India lost the match by a whopping 85 runs and with it the series and Ganguly blamed the Indian skipper's negative approach for the pathetic loss.

"The Pakistan spinners were exemplary, but what surprised me was the lack of intent to attack on part of the Indian batting. They should have played more positively. They came with the mindset that 250 is not a big score, so bat 50 overs and win," wrote Ganguly for a newspaper column.

"Though the Pakistan bowlers bowled better in this game than they have done at any other time in the series, it is important to play every ball on merit and the Indians just went into their shell. They looked like a batting unit short on confidence."

Dhoni blames top order for loss

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that India will have to improve as a team after the hosts slumped to yet another series loss at home in Kolkata on Thursday.

An insipid India produced a pathetic display as arch-rivals Pakistan spanked the hosts by 85 runs in the second cricket one-dayer to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series at the Eden Gardens.

Even though Dhoni praised his bowlers for restricting Pakistan to 250, he came hard on India's famed batting line-up which has been struggling for sometime now and has been largely responsible for the team's forgettable results in recent times.

India vs Pakistan, 2nd ODI, Kolkata

India have won the toss and elected to field

From 141/1 to 250 all out, it has been a spectacular collapse from Pakistan. Ravindra Jadeja and Ishant Sharma bowled wonderfully in the middle overs as Pakistan lost momentum. Nasir Jamshed stroked his third ODI century but the rest of the batting capitulated. Both Jadeja and Ishant picked up three wickets as Pakistan were bowled out.

Pakistan are yet to lose an ODI against India in Kolkata. They have played 4 matches here and won all 4. Terrific effort this - 250 was not a great score but they proved once again that a superb bowling unit can do wonders in this format. Junaid Khan was the star once again and Umar Gul chipped in with a couple of top-order wickets as well. Ajmal, Hafeez, and even Shoaib Malik gave them good support as India's batsmen just capitulated. Dhoni made a half century and remained not out, but that was more of a message to the dressing room than anything else.

India 165-all out (48.0 Overs)
Pakistan 250-all out (48.3 Overs)

Pakistan won by 85 runs

Nasir Jamshed is the Man of the Match