BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said Sri Lanka and New Zealand are willing to play in place of the West Indies in September's tri-series that also involves Australia.
Ritwik Bhattacharya and Saurav Ghosal were knocked out of the Malaysian Open in the first round.
The Olympic gold medallist breasted the tape in 13.30 seconds, the fastest in the history of the Asian Athletics Championships.
The second seed Indian was beaten by China's Wen Cheng in the third round.
Around 80 men and women are expected to enter the fray.
The Indian driver moved to second place in the Asia Formula Renault V6 motorsports championship after races in Kuala Lumpur this weekend.
India are looking to make amends for the semi-final loss to the Netherlands in the bronze medal play-off in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Argentina took seventh place in the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament, beating Malaysia 2-3.
Holland and New Zealand played out a goalless draw to join India and Australia in the semi-finals of the hockey tournament
India's coach expressed happiness about the defence not conceding a single penalty-corner against the Koreans.
India made light of a three-hour rain interruption and a yellow card suspension to win 3-0, in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
In another match of the Azlan Shah hockey tournament, Holland rallied from a goal down to beat Argentina.
Leading 3-0 by the 39th minute, India stumbled to let in two goals before regaining their composure.
India rallied from two goals down to win 3-2 ahead of the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
India won two gold medals, three silver and a bronze on the final day of the Asian Shooting Championship in Kuwait on Wednesday to finish with a tally of 6-11-12 but did not bag a single Olympic quota place at the event.
Indian men created history in the 16th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship by claiming the gold medal in the team event for the first time.
Malaysia looks forward to utilise the expertise of Indian IT professionals even as the Malaysian construction industry is keen in offering its skills to India, especially in housing projects.
National champion K Srikanth's dream run in the Malaysia Super Series badminton tournament ended in the quarter-finals, beaten in straight games by fourth seed Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia, in Kuala Lumpur, on Friday.
Karun Chandok will drive for Korea-based E-Rain Racing in the Formula Asia Renault V6 series
India's hockey coach Rajinder Singh (Jr) said the team could not have asked for a better finish in the Azlan Shah Cup tournament.
Two field goals late in the match gave the Koreans a 6-4 victory in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
Jaime Dwyer scored a brace as the Olympic champions and holders won the Azlan Shah Cup hockey match 8-3.
India suffered their second defeat in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, losing 1-4.
Pakistan captain Muhammad Saqlain was suspended for one match for injuring a South Korean player.
They were found to have failed to adhere to procedures during a crackdown on alleged illegal immigrants in an Indian-dominated locality.
The former India coach will prepare the country's men's and women's teams for the 2004 Olympics.
Meeting a long-standing demand of Indians in the country, Malaysia has approved the recruitment of 20,000 foreign workers from government-approved countries for the Indian-operated service sector.\n\n\n\n
India received a 11-0 thrashing in their opening match in the under-19 AFC women's football tournament.
India is committed to protecting the interests, safety and honour of its professionals working in foreign countries, Union Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi asserted on Saturday.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who will be leaving for Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, will also highlight the need to counter international terrorism.
Malaysia has asked India to lower its duties on vegetable oils and fats, which forms a major chunk of Kuala Lumpur's exports to the country, to a level comparable of soya oil.
Afghanistan stunned favourites Pakistan by a massive 185 runs to clinch their maiden Under-19 Asia Cup title, in Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday.
India were drawn in Group A with Korea, Iran and Macau for the Asian Zone tournament.
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