After meeting the BCCI chief, the selectors headed for Delhi where the Test team would be announced.
A half-century by wicketkeeper Vikram Mani saw Tamil Nadu to a healthy 347 against Delhi.
England will be determined to get their act together against defending champions Sri Lanka.
Chasing 162 for a win, Delhi got out to rash shots to eventually fold up at 151 in the last over.
Uncapped Shreyas Iyer is comfortable batting at any position and said on Tuesday that scoring a century against South Africa 'A' in a tournament final earlier this year has been satisfying.
Pakistan is staring at defeat with India needing only 32 runs to win the Test with seven wickets and one full day in hand at the Ferozeshah Kotla.
He settled for a quick draw with Pavel Kotsur in the final round of the chess tournament.
Delhi Capitals avenged their shocking first-leg defeat with a five-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab, brightening their prospects of making the play-offs of the Indian Premier League.
Robin Uthappa scored unbeaten 161 as Karnataka ended day one on 299 for three against Delhi.
Baroda finished at 253 for seven after Delhi dropped three catches on the final day of the Ranji Trophy tie.
Delhi's 18-year-old speedster Ishan Sharma took five for 35 as Baroda were shot out for 244 in the first innings.
No play was possible due to bad weather on the final day of the Elite Group A Ranji Trophy clash.
The left-arm medium-pacer grabbed five wicketsto help Delhi gain a slender but a vital first innings lead in their Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group 'A' clash against reigning champions Uttar Pradesh.
Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha claimed eight wickets as India A crushed South Africa A win by an innings and 242 runs.
Sri Lankan captain Marvan Atapattu said the grassy Kotla track would suit his pace bowlers
"The DDCA has 96 hours to try and meet the minimum requirements," said Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit.
India included R P Singh in the eleven, while England omitted Matthew Hoggard for the first ODI.
While at a press briefing, BCCI Media Committee member G S Walia said a decision on Sehwag's availability would be made only on Monday.
For a leg-spinner coming from the land of Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and pilloried in initial years for not being able to turn his leg-breaks or possessing a googly, Anil Kumble ended his 18-year career with a massive haul of 619 Test and 337 ODI wickets.
India's Test captain Virat Kohli has decided to take rest while teammates Shikhar Dhawan and Ishant Sharma will be playing for Delhi's home fixture against Baroda in their opening group league match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, to be played on Thursday.
Captain Virat Kohli roared back to form with a scintillating unbeaten 83 as India further consolidated their position with whopping overall lead of 403 runs at stumps on Day 3 of the fourth and final Test against South Africa at the Feroz Shah Kotla, in Delhi, on Saturday.
The BCCI denied the Delhi Government permission to felicitate World Cup winners (1983 and 2011) from the state, along with former captain Bishan Singh Bedi, inside the Feroz Shah Kotla's field of play, saying that the planned ceremony would have violated norms.
Dhananjaya de Silva's heroic hundred and Roshen Silva's gallant, unbeaten 74 helped secure Sri Lanka's morale-boosting draw in final Test against India, who won the three-match series 1-0 on Wednesday.
The local favourite was seen in Team India tracksuit out in the middle at the lunch break.
Join us in congratulating the 32-year-old batting genius on his world record 35th Test century.
The dashing batsman has been kept under observation in a Delhi hospital.
Delhi were 40 without loss in reply to Mumbai's 551 on day 2 in the Ranji Trophy match.
Captain Kane Williamson led from the front with a superb century before his bowlers held their nerves in a close finish to help New Zealand edge past India by six runs in the second One-Day International in New Delhi, on Thursday.
The two left the Firozeshah Kotla cricket ground after watching the start of the game and met at Hyderabad House.
Match Referee Chris Broad and umpire Rudi Koertzen were stopped from entering the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium due to high security arrangements.
The players, who came in batches to see the world heritage monument that symbolises love, were accompanied by their wives.\n
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