Five day camp for Indian team to be held at Bangalore

Saurav Ganguly has been retained as the captain of Indian cricket team for the tour of Zimbabwe from May 27. The selection committee met in Baroda on Saturday under its chairman Chandu Borde and took "two minutes" in arriving at the decision, Cricket Board secretary Jaywant Lele said.

"No other name was considered by the selectors," Lele said, adding that the decision was unanimous. Indian team will play two Test matches with Zimbabwe followed by a triangular one-day series also involving West Indies.

All national selectors, Madan Lal, Ashok Malhotra, Sanjay Jagdale and TA Sekhar, were present when the committee took this decision. Ganguly will join the selectors here tomorrow to pick the probables for the tour, Lele said.

The selection committee will pick 22 probables who will attend a five day conditioning camp beginning at Bangalore from May 13th, he said.

The final team will be selected on May 18 and it will leave for Zimbabwe on May 24. The Indians will also play two side games against CPX academy at Harare (from May 28 to 30) and Zimbabwe A at Mutare (from June 2-4), Lele said.

The first Test will be played in Harare from June 7-11 while the second will be played at Bulawayo from June 15-19. The triangular series would be held from June 23 to July 7.