The meeting of the senior selection panel headed by Dilip Vengsarkar, to choose the Indian team for the first Test against South Africa, has been put off from March 9 to March 17, Cricket Board sources said on Thursday.
Selection committee chairman Dilip Vengsarkar says it is physio John Gloster and trainer Gregory King's responsibility to find out the reasons for players breaking down on tour.
It is expected that Dinesh Karthik will open the innings along with Wasim Jaffer in the first Test.
The BCCI selection committee will meet in Bangalore to select the Indian team for the Australian tour.
The BCCI's chairman of selectors is in a foul mood after being stopped from writing newspaper columns and issued a seven-point code of conduct for the selectors.
The chairman of selectors also feels that Pathan and Dhoni could lend balance to the middle-order during the World Cup.
He equalled Kapil Dev's record for most Test appearances by an Indian.
Former India captain and coach Ravi Shastri says senior players should be rested after six games on the trot to preserve them for another two years as Test players.
Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar insisted that selection to the Indian team was based on form and fitness.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, in a veiled threat, said underperforming players will be called back from South Africa, a view chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar does not share.
Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar says former captain Sourav Ganguly's inclusion should strengthen the team's batting.
He would leave on Thursday for Kolkata where Bengal will play their Ranji Trophy tie against Mumbai.
After meeting the BCCI chief, the selectors headed for Delhi where the Test team would be announced.
It is speculated that Sachin Tendulkar could be offered the high-pressure job.
BCCI chief Sharad Pawar told the chairman of selectors to discuss with the coach, captain and players and communicate the nation's sentiments following the Durban drubbing.
Message board on the Indian team to South Africa.
The newly-appointed selection committee chairman said he will try and see that there is no zonal bias in team selection.
The list of 30 probables will be have to be pruned to 14, a month before the event's commencement on September 11.
A series of howlers by umpires in the ongoing India-Australia cricket Test series Down Under has convinced former captain Dilip Vengsarkar to come out in support of the Decision Review System (DRS), a technology whose use has been consistently opposed by BCCI.
Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar has asked struggling opening batsman Virender Sehwag to curb his attacking instincts and focus on consistency.
The Mumbai squad led by Aditya Tare, which thrashed Saurashtra by an innings and 21 runs in the Ranji Trophy final inside three days, has earned a cash bonus of Rs 2 crore from the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA).
Former Test cricketer Eknath Solkar died in Mumbai on Sunday of cardiac failure. He was 58.
"Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh are not 100 per cent fit, so we have kept a backup for them in the next two games," chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar informed in Mumbai on Monday.
In a departure from its earlier stand, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has extended an invitation to Mohammed Azharuddin for the Indian cricket team's historic 500th Test match and the former captain has accepted it.
The 15-member India squad was announced today for the remaining two ODIs vs West Indies.
Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar said the decision to appoint Sachin Tendulkar as vice-captain was because of the need to have an experienced man to fall back on in the absence of captain Rahul Dravid.
The former India skipper among six past and present cricketers who will examine the present system of selection of national and state teams.
National selection committee chairman said the players doing well in domestic cricket will be considered for selection to the Indian team.
National selection committee chairman said the players doing well in domestic cricket will be considered for selection to the Indian team.
Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar slammed India's main batsmen for failing to bat 70 overs in the Durban Test defeat to South Africa.
The chairman of selectors admitted opening is an area of concern.
India's chairman of selectors urged the BCCI to appoint a bowling coach for the team.
India's chief selector was also critical about Laxman's fitness.
Along with the senior selection committee, the entire women's selection panel will be overhauled
Selecting a talent like Virat Kohli early in his career would be considered a masterstroke by most but according to former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar, it ended his career as a national selector.
The former India captain is 'upset and hurt' at being removed as Talent Resources Development Officer for West Zone.
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