The national selectors will name the Indian squad for the seven-match series on September 30, the day after the final of the three-team championship on Sunday.
With the amount of cricket being played these days, it is hard to believe that the domestic season is just getting underway, with Delhi, the national one-day champions, taking on India Red and India Blue in a contest which will help Delhi skipper Virat Kohli and swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar to get into rhythm for the long international season ahead.
Besides the established players and those trying to make a comeback, there are a plethora of players in all three sides who have been doing well on the domestic circuit and the IPL.
They have been trying to catch the eye of the national selectors, though it must be said it is difficult to foresee anyone breaking into the national team in a hurry.
Undoubtedly all the focus will be on a "new and fit" Yuvraj, who has been in good form in the recent one-day series against West Indies 'A'. Another good outing here over the next four days, and it will be difficult to keep him out of the Indian team.
Another player whose fitness would be under scrutiny is Umesh Yadav because fitness has ben his bane.
Delhi's Virender Sehwag will also be under the spotlight. Of late, he has looked a pale shadow of himself. But, as he returns to the venue where he got the record-breaking double-century (219) in an ODI against West Indies in December 2011, he would take inspiration from that knock.
His teammate Gautam Gambhir has also been struggling for form. Right now he is busy in County cricket for Essex and will miss out the domestic season opener.
It's difficult to say what effect his decision will have on his chances, as he needs to make big scores consistently to convince the national selectors that he still has something to offer to Team India.
Another cricketer who played in County cricket is Piyush Chawla of Uttar Pradesh. In the few matches he had with Somerset, he scored a century and in another match
Teams:
Delhi: Virat Kohli (captain), Unmukt Chand, Virender Sehwag, Mithun Manhas, Rajat Bhatia, Puneet Bisht (wk), Milind Kumar, Parvinder Awana, Sumit Narwal, Manan Sharma, Varun Sood, Mohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Pawan Suyal, Jagrit Anand.
India Blue: Yuvraj Singh (captain), Naman Ojha (wk), Manish Pandey, Sibsankar Roy, Ankit Bawne, Abhishek Nayar, Piyush Chawla, Akshat Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Iresh Saxena, Vinay Kumar, Ankit Rajpoot.
India Red: Yusuf Pathan (captain), Kedar Jadhav, Robin Uthappa, Abhinav Mukund, Gurkeerat Singh Maan, Ishank Jaggi, Suraj Yadav, Smit Patel (wk), Umesh Yadav, Abhimanyu Mithun, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Warrier.
Fixtures: September 26: Delhi vs India Blue; September 27: India Red vs India Blue; September 28: India Red vs Delhi; September 29: Final.
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