The BCCI decision comes in the wake of the recommendations of the spinners' panel.
The South African has been appointed the new fitness trainer of the Indian cricket team.
The ace off-spinner will leave for Australia on Satirday.
Jagmohan Dalmiya said the Board respects the decision of the South African trainer and will look for a suitable replacement.
The Indian team's physical trainer has taken up a similar position with the South African national team on Sunday.
The BCCI wants to postpone the tour, scheduled to begin on March 1, by a week to give the team a longer rest period.
But the fee payable to non-playing members of a senior team has been reduced to 50 per cent.
The panel will have its first meeting in Kolkata on May 30.
The police is investigating the role of other relatives of a 21-year-old girl who was allegedly murdered here by her parents as they were against her marriage with a youth from a different caste.
The matter of strained Indo-Pak cricketing ties will top the agenda.
A new academy is to be constructed in Bangalore, BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya said.
Indian cricket coach, John Wright, has lost his father and would not be accompanying the Indian team to Dhaka.team to the tri-series in Dhaka from April 11 following the demise of his father.
Secretary of the Indian cricket board, Anurag Thakur, on Saturday, sought to play down health issues of the Board of Control for Cricket in India president Jagmohan Dalmiya, stating that rumours of a communication gap between the duo is a figment of imagination.
The BCCI chief said if the court had no objection to Jadeja playing the Ranji Trophy, the board won't come in the way.
Rajeev Shukla, who resigned as the chairman of the Indian Premier League, has no problem in chairing the Governing Council meeting in New Delhi on Friday, though he is still unsure whether to continue in that position when his term comes to an end.
Prof Ratnakar Shetty was elected joint secretary.
BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya said the former batting ace is part of the process to find a good opening pair for India.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India president Jagmohan Dalmiya clarified his stance on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's alleged conflict of interest issue, saying that a newspaper misquoted him on the Indian ODI skipper being probed by the Board.
Foreign tourists arrivals rise by 16% in Q3
A couple of days after India's Test captain Virat Kohli sent positive signals about the use of the Decision Review System, the Board of Control for Cricket in India's president, Jagmohan Dalmiya, clarified that board's "stand remains same" but the Cricket Advisory Committee could take a call in future.
The left-hander may join the team for the last three ODI matches.
The itinerary of India's tour of South Africa beginning November is being reworked, Board of Control for Cricket in India interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya said in Kolkata, on Tuesday.
"The meeting between ICC and BCCI, which was on the cards, will be held on Monday December 9, in Calcutta," said BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The controversial report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, which gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the 2G spectrum scam saying he was "misled" by the then Telecom Minister A Raja, was on Tuesday submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.
The impasse regarding India's representative at the Annual Conference of the ICC took a new turn with senior vice-president Arun Jaitley as a likely choice for the high-profile meeting in London on June 25.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Friday said that he was desperate to become the national coach but ended up being an administrator.
PCB Chairman Shaharyar Khan has extended invitations to key officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and government functionaries to attend a match of the forthcoming series against Zimbabwe in Lahore.
As many as 5.45 million foreign tourists visited India between 2001 and 2003 (Jan-Feb), Minister of Tourism Jagmohan informed the Rajya Sabha
India's share in world tourism receipts is just 0.67 per cent and ranks 51 in the world international arrivals.\n\n
In a noble gesture, Kolkata Knight Riders named deceased Bengal cricketer Ankit Keshri as their 16th man while his family was given a cheque of Rs 20 lakh at a ceremony ahead of their Indian Premier League against Chennai Super Kings at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, on Thursday.
BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya said legal opinion will be obtained on the legal validity of the lifting of the cricketer's ban.
'Perhaps the biggest change is in terms of mindset when it comes to the art of the possible when chasing.'
'A modern team knows that knocking off 120 runs in 10 overs is eminently possible.' 'When things click, that can translate into 450 in 50 overs,' says Devangshu Datta.
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