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 Sourav Ganguly was today retained captain of the Indian cricket team for the home series against West Indies starting on October 4.
The recently revamped Selection Committee met for the first time under the chairmanship of Brijesh Patel and also picked the Board President’s XI team for the tour opening three-day game against the West Indians. Mohammad Kaif was named captain of the Board President’s XI for the October 4-6 match at Bangalore, BCCI secretary and convenor of the Selection Committee, S K Nair told reporters here.
S K Nair said that the selectors would meet again on October 5 during the three-day match to pick the team for the first Test starting in Mumbai on October 9. The 14-member Board President’s XI picked at the two-hour long meeting of the Selection Committee includes Sanjay Bangar, Dinesh Mongia and wicketkeepers Parthiv Patel and Ajay
Ratra.
Board President’s XI team includes: Mohammad Kaif (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Sanjay Bangar, Hemang Badani, Dinesh Mongia, Parthiv Patel, Amit Mishra, Murali Kartik, L Balaji, Tinu Yohannan, Ajay Ratra, Sarandeep Singh, Irfan Pathan (Jr), and Aakash Chopra. |
