Chittagong, May 14: India will field Robin Uthappa and R P Singh for the third and final ODI against Bangladesh tomorrow leaving out left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan and injured S Sreesanth for the inconsequential cricket match. India captain Rahul Dravid also announced that Uthappa would bat at the number three position, a slot Mahendra Singh Dhoni occupied in the first two ODIs.

"Sreesanth has injury and Zaheer too will not play tomorrow. Robin and RP did not play in the last two matches and they will definitely play tomorrow," Dravid said. "Robin will bat at number three because soon you have the Test series and Dhoni already had to shoulder a lot of workload," he said.

After winning the first two ODIs in Dhaka, India has the series in the kitty but they are eyeing a clean sweep tomorrow to get a psychological boost ahead of the tougher assignments in the coming months. Tomorrow's match at the Bir Sreshta Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium provides India an excellent opportunity to test their strengths and weaknesses and experiment with the line-up before setting sail for England.

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Dravid has already spoken on similar lines. "It will help us to be positive in the days ahead. There are tough challenges ahead of us. We will use this win as the springboard to face up to them," he said. Team's stop-gap cricket manager Ravi Shastri wants to keep the team's adrenaline level high and thundered, "There will be no let up. Bangladesh should not expect any mercy from us."

For Shastri, who will step down after the Bangladesh tour, this is the last ODI that would be played by the Indian team under his guidance. However, the Indian team management would do well to take a long, hard look at the various negatives which have come to the fore during the series. The unpredictability of several of the batsmen, the continued failure of Virender Sehwag particularly his tendency to throw his wicket, the shoddy fielding and the waywardness of the pacers, are some glaring shortcomings that need to be addressed immediately.

Bangladesh, on the other hand, received a jolt with vice-captain Mohammed Ashraful being ruled out of the match with fever. Ashraful had to be hospitalised on Saturday night and the Bangladesh selectors are now hoping that he recovers in time for the first Test. For the hosts, the match provides an opportunity to salvage some pride by putting it across India.

Teams: India (from): Rahul Dravid (c), Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, M S Dhoni, Dinesh Kaarthick, Dinesh Mongia, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Munaf Patel, R P Singh.

Bangladesh (from): Habibul Bashar (c), Javed Omar, Tamim Iqbal, Shahriar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Musfiqur Rahim, Mashrafe Mortaza, Syed Russel, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Mohammad Rafique and Farhad Reza.

Umpires: Ashoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) and Enamul Haque Moni (Bangladesh).
Third umpire: A F M Akhtaruddin. Fourth umpire: Jahangir Alam.
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka). (Agencies)