Gambhir refuses to play without Sehwag.

One has a shoulder injury so the other picked a groin injury. Gambhir is coming back, back to Delhi, back to where his heart is, back to Jatman.

Now if only there where two Tendulkars, both could have opened the innings. But as has been often said, there is only one Sachin Tendulkar.

The two wannabe Sachins are out of order: One Jatman, the other Rohit Sharma. Being like Sachin can hurt.

So what does that leave us with: Yusuf Pathan to open the innings, and even though this is no T20 World Cup, what the hell, let's make the Compaq Cup less geeky.

All for Yusuf on top, for one, when he pulls it off, he'll have a rare opportunity to Thank You Sachin!

Chances are Dravid could open too, though personally I'd like to see him keep wickets again.

Then again, the selectors could announce a replacement. Surely Badrinath can't make it to Lanka again? Strong chance it will be Virat Kohli, one dilliwallah for another - capital punishment.

Or who knows, Dinesh Karthik DKNY, who also plays for the Daredevils, and opened with elan in the Windies, versus Gayle's A team no less.

Finally some life to the tri-series, and India's only just had a net.