With the highly anticipated series against arch-rivals Pakistan nearing, Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the toss will play a crucial role in the clashes as both teams are quite similar.
"Winning the toss will be crucial because dew may have an impact. If you see both the sides, they are quite same. Their ability to play spinners is quite same. I think it will be nice couple of games," Dhoni was quoted in an Indian Express report.
The Twenty20 matches against Pakistan are scheduled on December 25 and 28 in Bangalore and Ahmedabad respectively, while the ODI series starts in Chennai on December 30.
The second one-day game against Pakistan will be held in Kolkata on January 3 followed by the last game on January 6 in Delhi, the report further added.
On playing Pakistan and the importance of the series, Dhoni said, "tell me one series which is not big for us. Whether we play England, Pakistan, Australia or any other series. For us it is all the same,” he added.
"That is how we look at it and don't really look into who we are playing because that can only increase the pressure. We keep it very simple, whoever the opposition is. We look at the format and try to execute our plans."
Meanwhile a report in The Times of India says that England Twenty20 captain Eoin Morgan, whose last-ball heroics helped the tourists square the series against India, feels the victory will boost his team's confidence for the one-day series, which starts after the Christmas and New Year break.
"The young guys who are involved in the one day series will take great confidence from this (victory). I know I certainly will, considering our one-day record over here isn't fantastic," Morgan said after the six-wicket win, which was achieved after his last-ball six,” Morgan was quoted in the report
"So, we would like to have the run we have had in the last couple of years under Cookie ( Alastair Cook). Then again compete and hopefully win the series," he added.