India aim to seal series in fourth ODI

Fans felt that Sachin Tendulkar's absence is also a reason for low interest in the match.

"Tedulkar is not playing and his absence has certainly affected the interest here. Moreover, this English side has not performed well in the ODIs after putting up a good fight in the Test series," said a college student.

The 80,000-capacity stadium, however, will be full if Kerala lad Sreesanth makes it to the playing XI. He was rested in the third match in Goa Monday.

"We are all praying that he plays in tomorrow's match," V. Shanta Kumaran Nair, Sreesanth's father, told reporters at his residence here.

If the young pacer makes it, it would be the first time a Kerala lad would be playing in an international match in Kerala.

Teams

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India:

Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag (vice-captain), Robin Utthapa, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Irfan Pathan, Y. Venugopal Rao, Munaf Patel, S. Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Ramesh Powar and Rudra Pratap Singh

England:

Andrew Flintoff (captain), Kabir Ali, James Anderson, Gareth Batty, Ian Bell, Ian Blackwell, Paul Collingwood, Matthew Hoggard, Geraint Jones (wicketkeeper), Sajid Mahmood, Kevin Pietersen, Liam Plunkett, Matt Prior, Owais Shah, Vikram Solanki and Andrew Strauss

Umpires: K. Hariharan (India) and Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) Third/TV umpire: A.V. Jayaprakash (India) Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

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