On an unrelated note, Dravid also looked forward to having the services of Zaheer Khan for the next Test.
After meeting the BCCI chief, the selectors headed for Delhi where the Test team would be announced.
Wasim Akram has been approached by the BCCI to be the team's fast bowling coach.
Message board on the Indian team to South Africa.
He equalled Kapil Dev's record for most Test appearances by an Indian.
"Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh are not 100 per cent fit, so we have kept a backup for them in the next two games," chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar informed in Mumbai on Monday.
The 15-member India squad was announced today for the remaining two ODIs vs West Indies.
The World Cup winning captain said the players should pay more attention to their fitness in order to prevent injuries.
Former Test cricketers W V Raman, Narendra Hirwani and T A Sekar have been appointed on the coaching panel of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced on Wednesday.
The former India skipper among six past and present cricketers who will examine the present system of selection of national and state teams.
Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Monday adjourned its Special General Meeting which was convened to discuss the implementation of the Lodha panel reforms where one of the key point of reform 'One State One Vote' has been unanimously rejected by the members. The 41-time Ranji Trophy champions will lose their voting rights as Maharashtra as the state will have their voting rights. The SGM was convened with the single point agenda - to consider amending the MCA's memorandum of rules and regulations following the apex court's July 18 order based on the Lodha panel recommendations.
Proposals to scrap the time-honoured tradition of a coin toss prior to Test matches defy logic and should not be considered, according to several former South Asian cricket captains.
Former Test cricketer Eknath Solkar died in Mumbai on Sunday of cardiac failure. He was 58.
Greg Chappell was happy for Ganguly, who showed the Australians that there is a degree of steel in his system.
While Tendulkar would overtake Kapil Dev's record of 131 Test caps in the third Test.
Former India captains Bishan Singh Bedi and Gundappa Viswanath are yet to get an invite from the BCCI for country's historic 500th Test match against the visiting New Zealand side starting September 22 in Kanpur. With the Test match starting on Thursday, neither 69-year-old Bedi who has led India in 22 Tests nor Viswanth, who captained in two Tests have received any written or telephonic communication from the Board. "Till this evening, I have not received any invitation. And I am not at all annoyed about it. It's BCCI's event and it's their prerogative to invite whomsoever they want to. At this stage of my life, I can't get bitter about all these things," the left-arm spin wizard told PTI.
They were speaking at a function to mark the release of 'Defying the Paradigm,' a coffee table book on Srinivasan's 50-year journey with India Cements.
Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar says Indian team's recent success at home and an in-form captain Virat Kohli gives him confidence that they will enjoy success during next year's overseas tours.
If India want to keep partying like it's 1981, they have to have to start hating defeats as much as their opponents, writes Soumya Bhattacharya.
The former India captain is 'upset and hurt' at being removed as Talent Resources Development Officer for West Zone.
The star batsman agreed to lead the side as it was a very important match of the new season.
Rajneesh Gupta surveys the batting landscape in India-Australia Test encounters.
Best remembered for his match-winning 281 against Australia at the Eden Gardens in 2001, former India batsman VVS Laxman revealed he was not fit enough to play that Test against Australia.
Magical! When cricket meets cinema...
In a departure from its earlier stand, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has extended an invitation to Mohammed Azharuddin for the Indian cricket team's historic 500th Test match and the former captain has accepted it. Azhar, who will be reuniting with his former teammates Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Kapil Dev and Dilip Vengsarkar in Kanpur, said that the 500th Test was a special occasion to celebrate Indian cricket.
Sunil Valson was the only squad member not to play a game in India's historic World Cup triumph in 1983 but a strong sense of belonging is definitely there.
The BCCI has decided to invite all the former India captains to celebrate the occasion of country's '500th Test match' that will be played against New Zealand in Kanpur from September 22.
The Committee of Administrators is facing practical problems in implementing the Conflict of Interest guidelines on the day-to-day BCCI operations, CoA member Diana Edulji conceded.
The Indian skipper joined South African great Hashim Amla as the fastest to 50 centuries in international cricket in 348 innings.
Holding the status of the richest municipal corporation in the country, BMC will witness competitive elections with 2,275 candidates in the fray for 227 seats. Here are some famous faces flashing their fingers!
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and three others have filed nominations for the post of president in the Mumbai Cricket Association's elections scheduled on June 17, the MCA announced on Thursday.
Vaibhav Gehlot, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, was elected president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) as his panel swept all six posts in a tension-ridden election of the state body.
What does Tendulkar miss the most about not being an active player? "I miss the laughter, the seriousness, the celebrations."
The players' group has suggested a few options like having a short-term contract only for the duration of the IPL, so the cricketer is free to do commentary or coaching assignment for the rest of the year.
