Indian captain Rahul Dravid was on Friday rested for the next two one-dayers against England after his team clinched an unbeatable 4-0 lead in the seven-match series.
Chief selector Kiran More said vice-captain Virender Sehwag will lead the hosts in Guwahati on Sunday and in Jamshedpur next Wednesday before Dravid returns for the final match in Indore on April 15.
Upcoming fast bowler Vikram Rajvir Singh will replace Dravid for the next two games, More said.
Dravid has led from the front on England's current tour of India. His 309 runs from three Tests were the highest on either side and he has scored 150 runs in the four one-dayers so far.
More hopes the additional responsibility on Sehwag will help the aggressive opener return to form. Sehwag managed just 19 runs in five of his six Test innings and has scored only 74 runs in four one-dayers so far.
The travelling British media, meanwhile, feared the worst was yet to come for Andrew Flintoff's tourists.yet become greater still," said the London Times.
The Guardian was equally pessimistic about England's chances in the last three games.
Dravid conceded the one-day series had not been easy for England after the tourists forced India to share the Tests 1-1.
The win on Thursday was India's eighth in a row and the 16th in their last 20 one-day matches.
Dravid's men also surpassed a 21-year-old record set by Clive Lloyd's all-conquering West Indians in 1984-85 when they recorded their 15th consecutive win while chasing a target on Thursday.
The Daily Telegraph said the tourists had taken a hammering off the field as well.
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