The Indian team will have a fitness-cum-training camp at Bangalore's Chinnaswamy stadium from July 25.
Is it right to recall a player from a foreign tour if he is not playing well? Is the BCCI going a step too far in adopting a stance?
'Since Sehwag has failed, why can't the selectors replace him as vice-captain?' asks BCCI General Secretary Niranjan Shah.
The former BCCI president was also the manager of the Indian team on its tour to Pakistan in 1984.
Greg Chappell and his support staff have signed contract with the BCCI till 2007.
BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said the decision of the selectors to drop Sourav Ganguly was "unanimous" and "irreversible."
The BCCI has finalised a Test and one-day tour of South Africa for November-December later this year
The West Indies matches will be between January 21-30, 2007, and Sri Lanka's between February 8-17.
Since physio John Gloster would be leaving for the West Indies, Tendulkar's fitness would be monitored by Andrew Leipus.
Test opener Wasim Jaffer expressed surprise over BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah's statement that he asked permission to play charity games in Saudi Arabia.
"We are exploring possibilities of playing in North America in September," said Niranjan Shah.
Coach Greg Chappell would rejoin the Indian squad on October 6 ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy.
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Friday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party for playing the 'dalit card' to defend Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti over her controversial remarks and claimed she did not belong to the community.
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.
"He will be assessed in the nets tomorrow before we know whether he will be available for the game," the BCCI secretary said.
Rahul Dravid has been appointed as Indian captain till the end of 2007 Cricket World Cup
Former BCCI president has been accused of misappropriation of funds during the 1996 World Cup
The Naveen Patnaik-led party bagged 112 of the 146 assembly seats despite the Modi wave in the country.
The BCCI said it believed in the integrity of the batsman and the accuracy of John Gloster's report
Sri Lanka and the West Indies are likely to play in the series, to be held in Jan-Feb 2007.
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.
The BCCI has also put forward the names of Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh for the Arjuna Award.
Selection committee chairman Kiran More said the ace batsman's inclusion in the Sri Lanka-bound squad depends solely on his passing the fitness test.
BCCI has received an offer from top Italian fashion house Canali to dress up the Indian team.
BCCI said adding fresh tournaments would affect their plans to secure a regular home series every year during the peak season from October.
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja got engaged to a Rajkot-based mechanical engineer, Reeva Solanki, in a private ceremony on Friday.
Sourav Ganguly would not be asked to explain his absence from the Ranji Trophy ties.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir were also given central contracts in the list released on Saturday
The selectors will analyse the fitness of the Punjab medium pacer.
New BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said he will strive to make the BCCI a more professional organization.
The fitness test has been put off by a few days from May 20 and would be done on May 22 or 23.
The Indian team would traverse the distance of 200 kms by air to play their practice match against Jamaica.
'The Modi government is doing a good job but corrupt officers are siphoning off funds,' says journalist Pawan Kumar Jaiswal against whom an FIR has been filed for his video expose of school children being fed salt and rotis as their mid-day meal.
India, Sri Lanka and South Africa will play an ODI tri-series in September.
India's premier Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara will play for Team Zalawad Royals in the inaugural Saurashtra Premier League.
Abu Dhabi is set to host Euro-Asia 'A' tournament featuring India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Holland, UAE and Ireland
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