Open with Sehwag and Tendulkar, advises Srikkanth

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) The opening slots have been more like a musical chair under coach Greg Chappell but former captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth doesn't undestand what is the fuss all about when the side has Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag in the ranks.

Talking to UNI on the sidelines of a promotional programme here today, the former player, himself an opener with a rather freak streak, said, ''When you have both Tendulkar and Sehwag in the squad, you should not have any doubt about who should open the innings.'' For him, captain Rahul Dravid coming at number three lends much depth to the middle order and India should not make him open.

Srikkanth felt India would have a clear edge over England in their ICC Champions Trophy opener in Jaipur tomorrow but the batsmen would have to come good.

''We should win and my hunch is we will. Admitted we are an unpredictable team and tend to lose matches when we should actualoly win, but the guys are hugely talented and there is no doubt about that,' he explained.

''Our fielding has been good and with youngsters like (Suresh) Raina and (Mohammad) Kaif, it's no more a concern for the side.

People like Irfan Pathan and (Mahendra Singh) Dhoni will have to fire tomorrow,'' Srikkanth added.

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