Yuvraj and Sehwag should open the innings: Mohinder

Mohinder Amarnath favoured dashing batsman Yuvraj Singh to open the Indian innings with Virender Sehwag in the third Test against Pakistan.

Former cricketer Mohinder Amarnath on Monday favoured dashing batsman Yuvraj Singh to open the Indian innings with Virender Sehwag in the third and final Test against Pakistan starting at Rawalpindi on Tuesday.

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"Yuvraj is as good a hitter as Sehwag. If the two click, India will pile on a huge total against Pakistan," said Amarnath, who played an important role in India's victory in the 1983 Prudential World Cup.

He described the current Indian team as full of talents and expressed confidence that it would win the deciding Test and clinch the Test series too.

Asked about the few controversial decisions given by the umpires in the ongoing cricket series, Amarnath said: "Umpires are also human. They have to take a decision in quick time. So they could also commit mistakes. But, umpires are like a judge and we should accept their verdicts."

Amarnath, who is now a member of the BJP, was here to campaign for Union Minister and party nominee for Patna Parliamentary seat C P Thakur.