Cuttack, November 25:

India will approach Wednesday’s fifth one-dayer against England as the start of a new series after clinching a decisive 4-0 lead, with the tourists out to salvage some pride.

Indian vice-captain Virender Sehwag said coach Gary Kirsten wants the hosts to play with the same intensity even though the seven-match series had been comfortably won already.

“Gary said we should see the remaining matches as a three-match series and try to win them all,” Sehwag said on Tuesday, ahead of the day-night match at the Barabati Stadium.

India are expected to throw in new faces for the rest of the series as the selectors attempt to build a strong base for the 2011 World Cup. National under-19 captain and top-order batsman Virat Kohli, left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha and recalled all-rounder Irfan Pathan could make their first appearances in the series on Wednesday.

England, meanwhile, will use the remaining games to get used to the fervent atmosphere in South Asian cricket ahead of the World Cup, and save themselves from further criticism at home. “Some of the lads have not played a great deal in India, played in front of these type of crowds with the attention on cricket you get over here,” said all-rounder Andrew Flintoff.

“The World Cup is over here in a few years’ time, so the more opportunities to play out here and develop your skills on these type of wickets, the more it will be beneficial to this group of lads.” Flintoff said a good display in the remaining one-dayers will help England gather momentum for the two-Test series starting on December 11.

“We have got three games left in this series and we are going to have to get something out of them,” the Lancashire star said. “We can’t win the series, so it’s down to our own personal pride and also trying to gain some momentum going into the Test series.” Flintoff, however, warned teammates not to think of the Test matches just yet. “I think it would be dangerous to think about anything other than these one-day matches because we could get found out even more,” he said.