Yuvraj Singh-is leading India Blue and S Badrinath is the captain of India Red.

India Blue is said to be the favourites to retain the trophy. It has presence of large number of star players including skipper Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthapa, Irfan Pathan, Dinesh Karthik and Virat Kohli. This has given them advantage over other two teams.

The other team in the tournament is India green lead by Mohd. Kaif.

Yuvi as the fans call him is eyeing for a double century in the first match. ''My form has not been that good in recent times.Therefore, I am aiming to score a double hundred and bounce back into form,'' he said after the net practice session.

Dav Whatmore is the coach of the Yuvraj-led India Blue. Mumbai coach Praveen Amre is in charge of the Badrinath-led India Reds, while Bharathi Arun coaches the India Green side led by Kaif.

India Blue squad includes: Yuvraj Singh (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik (vice-captain, wk), Ravinder Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ashok Dinda, Pradeep Sangwan, Chetanya Nanda, Arjun Yadav, Siddharth Trivedi, R. Ashwin

India Red squad includes: S Badrinath (captain), M. Vijay, F. Fazal, Manoj Tiwary, Rohit Sharma, Jaydev Shah, Abhishek Nayar, Parthiv Patel, Praveen Kumar, Laxmipathy Balaji, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar, Mohnish Parmar, Wriddhiman Saha.