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India v England: Jason Roy says visitors are desperate to win final ODI

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Can England stop India as they prepare to try and whitewash the visitors in the final ODI in Kolkata on Sunday.

Jason Roy says England are desperate to "make their mark on India" in Sunday's final one-day international in Kolkata, live on Sky Sports 2 HD from 7.30am.

England have scored 350 and 366 in the first two matches of the ODI series, but have lost both as India head into the third and final encounter with an unassailable 2-0 lead.

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The last time England played in Kolkata was the World T20 final when, needing 19 to win in the final over, Carlos Brathwaite smashed Ben Stokes for four straight sixes to snatch the title for West Indies.

Roy made a duck in the World T20 final, but is England's top-scorer of the series in India with 155 in two knocks.

"Coming back here brings a mixed bag really." Roy said. "Obviously being in the final was incredible but there was disappointment after the game.

"It's good to be back even though it's frustrating it's a dead rubber. We feel we've got to make our mark on India a bit.

"As a squad we definitely are more experienced now, we've got a lot under our belts and a lot of good performances, good series wins, but it's just disappointing about this series to be honest.

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"We want to finish on a high and every game between now and the Champions Trophy is a stepping block for us towards that huge competition. We've got a huge amount of positives to take from the last two games and although we got outplayed we put in some serious performances.

"We got 350 in the first game and 366 in the second game and lost both of them but the positives to come out of that are amazing."

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Jason Roy admits he is 'gutted' for his opening batting partner Alex Hales, who is heading home from England's tour of India with a fractured right hand.

The Kolkata clash is the final ODI between India and England, before a three-match T20I series between the teams starts on Wednesday in Kanpur.

India squad: Virat Kohli (c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Lokesh Rahul, Umesh Yadav, Yuvraj Singh.

England squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes.

Watch the third and final ODI between India and England from 7.30am on Sunday, Sky Sports 2.

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