Yuvraj, Dhoni in rival Air India teams

NEW DELHI: Team India skipper MahendraSingh Dhoni and his deputy Yuvraj Singh will represent different Air India teamsin the September 1-8 BCCI Corporate Trophy.With Air India fieldingtwo sides in the 12-team tournament, Yuvraj will play for Air India Red team,while Dhoni will represent Air India Blue. Yuvraj will have thelikes of Robin Uthappa, Suresh Raina and Irfan Pathan in the Red team, whichwill be coached by selector Narendra Hirwani. Apart from Dhoni, AirIndia 'Blue' team will also feature Mohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh, R P Singhand VVS Laxman. Pravin Amre was named coach of the side. Despitemissing the service of Virender Sehwag, the Oil and Natural Gas Commission willfield a strong squad as well, featuring star players like Gautam Gambhir, ViratKohli, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel and Praveen Kumar.India Cements will not be a pushover either since they would haveRahul Dravid, S Badrinath, Hemang Badani, L Balaji and Sudeep Tyagi in theirranks. With former India captain Sourav Ganguly skipping the event,Tata Sports Club will pin hopes on the likes of Rohan Gavaskar, Ajit Agarkar andRamesh Powar. Mohali hosts the first match of the tournament betweenAir India Blue vs ITC on September 1, while the final is slated for September 8in Bangalore. Dharamsala and Visakhapatna are the two othervenues.