Chairman of Selection Committee Dilip Vengsarkar would leave on Thursday for Kolkata [ Images ] where Bengal will play their Ranji Trophy tie against Mumbai [ Images ].

Sourav Ganguly [ Images ] will turn out for Bengal in the tie, which has assumed importance in the light of his selection to the Indian team today for the three-Test series against South Africa [ Images ].

The left-hander made 43 and also picked a five-wicket match haul in Bengal's first Ranji game of the season against Punjab [ Images ] in Mohali last week.

Vengsarkar, who has been asked by BCCI president Sharad Pawar [ Images ] to join the team in South Africa, is likely to leave on December 10, five days ahead of the start of the first Test in Johannesburg.