Hi Vikas,
I am glad you've managed to achieve the desired appearance. As, for the approach you used it is the most appropriate one - by creating new ItemContainerStyle (this style is set in order to modify the default style of the items) and modifying the "HighlightVisual" border's Background property.
Hopes this helps.
Regards,
Nasko
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