Thursday, September 14 2006 12:08 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Kuala Lumpur: India will miss the services of one-day specialist Yuvraj Singh as they launch their campaign in the DLF Cup cricket tri-series against the West Indies here today (14 September 2006), eager to prove that the innovative training camps back home has sharpened their skills.

The Indians have of late resorted to unconventional training methods to prepare for upcoming tournaments and the tri-series here will give Rahul Dravid and his men an opportunity to test themselves against two strong opponents.

The absence of Yuvraj, who is down with fever, could give all-rounder Dinesh Mongia the chance to prove his worth after staging a comeback to the national team.

The team management has already made it clear that it would continue to experiment with some of the batting slots and it could mean that players like Irfan Pathan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni may come up and down the order as per the team requirement.

The recent 1-4 series defeat at the hands of the West Indies will also be rankling the Indians who will be hoping to settle old scores with the Caribbean team at the Kinrara Oval.

West Indies, since that victory, had been projecting themselves as a vastly improving one-day side.

But the tag of unpredictability refused to leave Brian Lara's men when they suffered a dramatic collapse yesterday to world champions Australia in the opening match of this day-night tournament.