Paes8217; absence makes India8217;s task difficult

The glamour will come from the women8217;s section. This is the first time that ladies will be playing in the Cup. India, Indonesia, China and Thailand are the four teams competing in the women8217;s section.

In absence of the injured Nirupama Vaidyanathan, Manisha Malhotra, Sai Jayalakshmy, Rushmi Chakravarty and Shruti Dhawan have formed a team to take on the rest. Though India has the home advantage, Indonesians are also very strong contenders 8212; after all they have Wynne Prakusya and Yayuk Basuki in their line-up. China, on the other hand can boast of having Li Na, who is among the top ten Asian women players. The Thailand team consists of Suchanan Viratprasert, Orwan Lamangthong and Napaporn Tongsalee.

The draw will be held tomorrow. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited BSNL is the title sponsor of the event and Central Bank and Indian Oil Corporation are other major sponsors.

Teams

MEN

India: Mahesh Bhupathi, Harsh Mankad, Syed Fazaluddin, Nitin Kirtane,

Ramesh Krishnan captain

Thailand: Attapol Rithiwattanapon, Danai Udomchok, Supparat Chukwan, Col Yudthana Sirisuka official

Korea: Hyung-Taik Lee, Yong-Il Yoon, Seung-Hun Lee, Won Hong Joo captain

China: Zhu Ben Qiang, Zhang yu, Wang Yu, Wu Bin, Sun peng, Xuan Hai Yang official, Wang Fu Zhang official

WOMEN

India: Manisha Malhotra, Sai Jailakshmy, Rushmi Chakravarty, Shruti Dhawan, Nandan Bal captain

Thailand: Suchanan Viratprasert, orwan Lamangthong, Napaporn Tongsalee

China: Li Ting, Li Na, Sun Tian Tian, Zhang Qi official

Indonesia: Yayuk Basuki, Wynne Prakusya, Romana Tedjakusuma, Suzania Anggarkusuma official.