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[caption id="attachment_32803" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina will play in DY Patil tournament. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina, out of the Indian ODI team, are among some leading cricketers who would play in the 13th DY Patil T20 tournament to be held at the DY Patil Sports Academy in Nerul from January 4 to 15, 2017. The tournament, carrying a prize fund of Rs 15 lakh, would feature 16 teams with 31 matches being staged in all, including seven knockout games, a media release said on Saturday. Yuvraj last featured for India in a T20I match against Australia during World T20 2016 and was ruled out of the tournament due to an ankle injury. However, Yuvraj last represented India in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in 2013 and since then has been looking to make a comeback. On the other hand, Raina’s comeback to the ODI side was halted this year as he suffered a viral fever and could not make it to the playing XI during the five-match ODI series against New Zealand. Both Yuvraj and Raina have been in a decent form in the Ranji Trophy this season The participating teams are: Reliance One, Tata Sports Club, Canara Bank, BPCL, CAG, Air India, Indian Oil, DY Patil A, DY Patil B, State Bank of Travancore, ONGC, Mumbai Customs, RBI, Western Railways and Jain Irrigation, the release added. With inputs from PTI.