The Malaysian capital will host all the matches of a tri-series involving Australia, India, and West Indies next month.
Both refused to answer questions on the former India captain's inclusion in the 30-man probables' list for the Champions Trophy.
Avishka Gunawardene and Kaushal Lokuarachchi have been cleared of misconduct during the ICC Champions Trophy last year.
A national selector said the former India captain is likely to be included in the provisional squad list for the ICC Champions Trophy.
Victorian top-order batsman Brad Hodge also held on to his place for the tri-series one-day international finals.
In a surprise move, Star Network has appointed NDTV Media, the advertising sales company of NDTV, to sell advertising space on its online venture Indya.com for the Cricket World Cup event.
The West Indies vice-captain said easy victory over Pakistan has lifted team morale.
The former umpire was presented a unique bronze sculpture of the umpire answering an appeal with his distinctive bent-elbow gesture.
BCCI had expressed concern about security during the World Cup in a letter to the ICC after last month's attack in the disputed region that killed 40 Indian paramilitary troops.
The Indian security officer stood his ground that Shoaib Akhtar had slapped coach Bob Woolmer in the team bus.
Cricket Australia said it would investigate the team's reported rude nudging of BCCI president Sharad Pawar.\n
The ace off-spinner said he is looking forward to bowling to the Caribbean batsmen, particularly Lara, in Thursday's Champions Trophy tie.
The experiment of binding the playing surface at the Brabourne stadium with Poly Vinyl Acetate was commended by both captains and players after Sri Lanka's seven-wicket victory over New Zealand.
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