Published 15:35 IST, December 21st 2019

Shreyas Iyer highlights the team's preparations to tackle the dew factor at Cuttack

Shreyas Iyer highlighted the team's preparations to tackle the dew factor at Cuttack's Barabati Stadium ahead of the series-deciding ODI on Sunday

Reported by: Karthik Nair
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Inducting Shreyas Iyer serves as a relief for Team India's middle-order issues after his blistering batting performances in last two matches against West Indies in ongoing ODI series. He will be heading into Sunday's series-decider with confidence after having scored two consecutive half-centuries with scores of 70 and 53 respectively. Meanwhile, Iyer spoke about what team has done to counter dew factor at Barabati Stadium and crowd support that Men In Blue is expected to get at Cuttack during press conference ahead of series-deciding third ODI.

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Iyer on countering dew factor and crowd support

During media interaction, middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer talked about how team has decided to tackle dew factor at venue.

'' Dew factor plays a massive role, we did some fielding practice with wet ball. Irrespective of how much ever bad wear conditions are, we are ready for it", said Iyer.

Mumbai batsman n talked about crowd support that y had received during practice session.

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''We saw so much crowd for first time in a practice session. It's going to be loud tomorrow. I have come here for second time and re is massive support for team'', he added.

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Iyer on Team India's approach for decider

When asked about how Team India will be playing series-decider on Sunday, Iyer said that y will play with a similar mindset with which y had played last one.

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''Last game was a do or die for us, we will play with same mindset as previous game, when stakes are high all players perform, one will take responsibility to create a magical moment that can positively impact team'', Iyer added.

Winner Takes It All

Both teams head into Sunday's series-decider with confidence after ir performances in previous two games. West Indies were too good for India in Chennai as y registered a convincing eight-wicket win with more than two overs to spare. In following game at Vizag, Men In Blue scored equalizer with a comprehensive 107-run win riding on Rohit Sharma's splendid 159 and Kuldeep Yadav's second hat-trick in One Day Internationals. It remains to be seen which team will have last laugh at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack in this 'Winner Takes It All' match. For India, Deepak Chahar has been ruled out due to a back injury and young pacer Navdeep Saini has been roped in as a replacement. 

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14:08 IST, December 21st 2019