Team India gets a warm & traditional welcome in Odisha as Virat & co eye to win series

Virat Kohli and co received a warm and traditional welcome at capital city of Odisha as Team India arrived in state for decider against West Indies on Sunday. After a scintillating performance at Vishakapatnam in second ODI, India will look to continue ramp and clinch yet ar series to end year on a high te. series stands level at 1-1, with West Indies grabbing win in first ODI and India bouncing back in 2nd ODI to beat visitors by a mammoth 107 runs. However, India have learnt lesson to t take Windies lightly as rightfully showed might of ir young line-up in first game that had left India stunned. 

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Men in Blue get a warm welcome

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'We are one of top sides'

"In last three games, including one at Wankhede and first two ODIs (of this series), we've batted well in first half. Batting second isn't an issue, we're one of top sides, if t best while chasing. As a captain, nice to see way we've batted first after losing toss. It shows we're t reliant on toss," Kohli said after match.

"It's always good to get 40-50 extra and we want to bat opposition out of game. Rohit and KL were outstanding, opening partnership set it up. Shreyas and Rishabh, way y played, was outstanding," he added.

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Asked about 34 boundaries and 16 sixes India hit during innings in view of T20 World Cup next year, he said, " more we get confident in T20s while batting first, better. re's major 50-over cricket w, so we need to just play fearlessly, which is need of hour." Kohli, however, made his displeasure kwn about poor fielding in last two matches, saying team will need to maintain high standards in all departments of game.

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India's squad for third ODI:

Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Shivam Dube, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini.