India vs Pakistan: 5th ODI Preview

ODI series is already decided but certainly, India would like to close the series with 4-1 to boost their moral further for the Test Series. It may be possible that either Sachin or Saurav may have to rest to give a way for the players on bench. Which is particularly good idea as India already won the series.

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From the CricInfo:

The intensity question?
With the prize already won, was there a chance India's intensity would drop? Not according to Gambhir who said that "there wasn't any dearth of it [intensity] against Pakistan. You don't need to have extra motivation when you playing for the country. We want to win each and every match".

Misbah, however, felt that the Indians resting several senior players and not fielding their best combination would give Pakistan a "psychological advantage" and a win tomorrow would give them confidence ahead of the Tests.

India:

1 Sachin Tendulkar, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Virender Sehwag, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt and wk), 6 Robin Uthappa, 7 Rohit Sharma, 8 Irfan Pathan, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Murali Kartik, 11 Sreesanth.

Pakistan:
1 Salman Butt, 2 Shoaib Malik (capt), 3 Younis Khan, 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Kamran Akmal, 8 Sohail Tanvir, 9 Rao Iftikhar Anjum, 10 Shoaib Akhtar, 11 Umar Gul.