Will miss Gambhir, Karthik will open: Dhoni

u00a0India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday conceded the team will miss Gautam Gambhir and revealed Dinesh Karthik will don the opener's role in the ongoing Compaq Cup cricket tri-series.

Gambhir will return home without playing a single match owing to a groin injury, which would mean India would miss both their regular openers since Virender Sehwag is also out of action following a shoulder surgery.

In such a scenario, Dhoni said Karthik would open the innings along with Sachin Tendulkar.

"Dinesh Karthik will open tomorrow because he is doing well in the net sessions also because and we do not have a replacement right now," Dhoni said on the eve of India's tournament opener.

"Dinesh has done that job in the West Indies and has done well for us in Test series also. Definitely he will open tomorrow," he said.