India confident of series win in Chennai ...

Team India are assured that the series now can not be lost after winning the first two matches of the four-ODI series.

But the team management is looking beyond the current series to the World Cup and every game is being used to find clues towards what the ideal combination will be.For the Chennai game Sourav Ganguly, Zaheer Khan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh have been rested.

There is still a brace around his knee but Yuvraj Singh's return is a huge plus for Team India.
Yuvraj's consistency over the last year or so has been pivotal in the One-Day team and the skipper expects him to be a central figure in the World Cup.

"Yuvraj is looking really good. He is fully fit medically, it's just a question for him playing games now psychologically. He has bolwed in the nest, he has bowled in the Twenty20 (in Kolkata), he has batted, he is feeling really good and while talking to him, he sounds really confident. That's a great sign for us," India captain Rahul Dravid says.

Yuvraj will take his place in the middle order, where places seem more or less taken. But the search for the ideal pair to open goes on.

Ganguly's triumphant return means he is a leading contender and has been rested in Chennai to allow Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa to have a go.

"We are just trying to give some opportunities to some of the younger boys. It also gives us a chance to rotate some of the more senior players who have been playing quite a bit of cricket as well," Dravid adds.

Two straight wins have meant that the Indian team is high on confidence and hungry to build on the momentum.And it is a fact that is not lost on the West Indies skipper too.
"What I can tell you now is that they (the Indians) look hungry, they are looking like a team that's desperate for wins. And of course, their results haven't been good in the recent past. And leading up to the World Cup where there are a billion people following you, you need to leave them some sort of hope," West Indies captain Brian Lara says.

After a run feast in Nagpur and a low-scoring thriller at Cuttack, Chennai might just even out the test between bat and ball. And better, because for the West Indies the series is on the line.