Indian captain MS Dhoni and vice-captain Yuvraj Singh will be squaring off against each other as part of the two Air India teams in the BCCI Corporate Trophy, to be played from September 1-8 across different venues in India.

While Yuvraj will be playing for Air India Red, Dhoni will represent Air India Blue. The Air India Red team to be coached by Central Zone selector Narendra Hirwani includes Robin Uthappa, Suresh Raina and Irfan Pathan. The Air India Blue team, also featuring Mohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh and VVS Laxman, will be coached by Pravin Amre.

Despite missing the services of Virender Sehwag, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) team will field a strong squad as well, featuring Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel and Praveen Kumar.

India Cements will field Rahul Dravid, S Badrinath, Hemang Badani, L Balaji and Sudeep Tyagi to ensure success. However, with former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly unavailable, Tata Sports Club will pin their hopes on Rohan Gavaskar, Ajit Agarkar and Ramesh Powar.

Mohali will host the first match of the tournament between Air India Blue and ITC, while the final will be played in Bangalore. Dharamsala and Visakhapatnam are the two other venues for the tournament.

The matches on September 1 and 2 in Bangalore, the September 3 fixture in Mohali along with the semi-finals and final, will be telecast live on Neo Cricket, the domestic TV channel.