It will be Yuvraj versus Dhoni in Mohali

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MOHALI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni may be his good friend in dressing room, but on the field he will fight it out without leaving any space to take an edge, especially when pride is at stake before the "home crowd", says Yuvraj Singh. "There is no friendship on the field.

We will want to win the game and have an upper hand in the competition," said Yuvraj, captain of the Indian Premier League's Kings XI Mohali team, ahead of their opening match on Saturday. "Maybe, I will share a joke with him after the game," added Yuvraj, who will take on Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings.

"It's a good way to build the hype (around the competition) by pitching it as Yuvraj versus Dhoni contest," he said. Dressed in a white T-shirt and cargos, Yuvraj, who reached here in his yellow sports car, was beaming with confidence and looked excited about the IPL's inaugural Twenty20 championship.

Yuvraj does not agree that too much cricket will be played with IPL happening now. "IPL is going to be there just for 44 days, rest of the time we play international cricket.

I don't know why people go overboard when they say IPL will do this or do that (talk negative about the League)," he said. The Yuvraj-led team has a formidable batting line-up with Mahela Jayawardene, Simon Katich, Kumar Sangakkara, and youngsters like Karan Goel and Uday Kaul in the side.

Australian pacer Brett Lee is spearheading the bowling attack along with S Sreesanth and Irfan Pathan.

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