Wright's tenure extended till 2005 \n\n\n\n
The off-spinner said he would leave for Lancashire next month and play till the end of season in September.
India captain Sourav Ganguly asserted that the team would field seven batsmen in Sunday's title match against Sri Lanka.
BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya said the extension is subject to the approval of the Working Committee.
Indian former physio Andrew Leipus said Sachin Tendulkar's arm is healing very well he would have to work hard to attain match fitness
He injured his lower back when he dived to stop an off-drive by Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul Haq.\n\n
The left-arm seamer has fully recovered from a side strain and is raring to take on Pakistan in the upcoming series.
It is still not clear whether the off-spinner would need to undergo surgery on his injured finger
Physio Andrew Leipus looks back on the five years he spent with the Indian cricket team.
India's skipper appeared in good shape as he trained at the Eden Gardens on Thursday.
Reports in a section of the media had said the Indian team physio had requested to be relieved from the job after the two-Test series against South Africa.
He will reach Nagpur on Sunday, Indian cricket team physio Andrew Leipus told reporters in Mumbai.
Doctors have adviced the ace batsman not to bat for more than ten minutes at a stretch initially during practice.
Team physio Andrew Leipus has set the ace batsman a tough target of batting 300 balls a day without pain before the Test begins on October 6.
The two could be offered a yearly contract," confided a high-ranking BCCI official.
After an injury-induced lay-off of six months, the off-spinner declared he was "200 per cent" fit and working on a 'magic ball' that would take his opponents by surprise.
The Indian skipper said the tournament will offer opportunities to the many youngsters in the side.
Tendulkar said after the nets that his prospect of\n\nplaying in the fifth ODI was very bright, a view backed by physio Andrew Leipus.
The Indian team physio Andrew Leipus said Tendulkar had no fitness problems.
The high-profile South African trainer had worked with the Dutch team during the World Cup.
Tendulkar's 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa is the highest runs scored by an individual in a single edition but there were two matches where the maestro pushed his body beyond its limit.
Kumble had been hit on the jaw by a Mervyn Dillon short-pitched delivery while batting in the first innings of the match.
India's Test skipper Virat Kohli along with his limited-overs counterpart Mahendra Singh Dhoni had a special meeting with head coach Anil Kumble and U-19 coach Rahul Dravid in Bengaluru on Sunday. The meeting was also attended by chief national selector Sandeep Patil, GM (Cricket Operations) MV Sridhar, National Cricket Academy's batting coach WV Raman, spin bowling coach Narendra Hirwani, chairman of junior selection committee Venkatesh Prasad and team physio Andrew Leipus.
Injured pacer Mohit Sharma is disappointed at missing India's limited-overs tour of Australia ahead of the more significant World T20 and says he will take at least a month to recover from a stress on his left ankle.
Best remembered for his match-winning 281 against Australia at the Eden Gardens in 2001, former India batsman VVS Laxman revealed he was not fit enough to play that Test against Australia.
Eclipsing several other great individual knocks, VVS Laxman's masterly innings of 281 against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata has been rated as the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years.
John Wright, who coached India between 2000 and 2005, said the late Jagmohan Dalmiya, who passed away on Sunday, was a 'tough' but 'fair' boss.
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