India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has indicated Sachin Tendulkar will open the innings alongside Virender Sehwag in the fourth match of the one-day series against England in Bangalore.

Tendulkar declared himself unavailable for the first three games as he had wanted to rest, with the one-dayers against England coming on the heels of the Border-Gavaskar Test series against Australia.

Following the hosts' victory over England in the third match in Kanpur, the selectors made two changes to the Indian team for the next two clashes.

Tendulkar and swing bowler Irfan Pathan was picked while the uncapped Murali Vijay and RP Singh were dropped from the side.

Dhoni does not think Tendulkar's return will hinder the team's winning momentum.

"It's always a pleasure to have Sachin in the side, no matter which venue or who the opposition," Dhoni said.

"The amount of experience he has got, he can guide the batsmen and the bowlers especially at the start of the batting power play. I think he would be a great help for the bowlers who are on at that point in time.

"Usually I do not announce the playing XI a day before the match, but there is a good chance Sachin will open the innings. I prefer it, if Sachin would open with Sehwag.

"We have tried that and you can say that is an option.

"It's a good prospect that Gautam (Gambhir) will shift to number three in the batting."

Dhoni insisted other players in the squad would be tested in the remaining matches, but stressed his priority was to first claim the series.

"We are only thinking about the game that is coming up," Dhoni said. "We are really not too bothered with what has happened in the series so far or the previous series.

"Off course, it's a good thing we have won three games, but you have to start all over again in this game.

"If we can win one more game, we can seal the series. It then gives us a bit of freedom to give the guys who are not part of the first XI a chance to go out there and play in the next few games.

"It would be good exposure for them.

"But we are not over-confident. We just want to concentrate on the things that we have been doing well such as the preparation and execution of plans."