For the second consecutive Davis Cup tie, India are relying on doubles specialist N Sriram Balaji to do the singles duty with captain Rohit Rajpal on Friday deciding to play him on the opening day of the World Group I contest against Sweden along with Ramkumar Ramanathan. Balaji, who competed in singles in Pakistan early this year on grass court, will open the indoor tie with a match against Swedish No. 1 player Elias Ymer (ranked 238) on Saturday.

India No. 1 Ramkumar (ranked 332) will take on Leo Borg (ranked 603), the son of legendary Swede Bjorn Borg in the second singles. They have not played against each other before on the ATP Tour. Ramkumar and Balaji will also play doubles on Sunday against Filip Bergevi and Andre Goransson and the reverse singles. However, the doubles line-up could change if the score is 1-1 at the end of Day One.