The Indian cricket team for next month's tour of Bangladesh, for both the Tests and the ODIs, will be selected in Mumbai [ Images ] on April 20.
"I had a meeting with selection committee chairman Dilip Vengsarkar and we have decided to pick both Test and ODI teams on April 20," said Board of Control for Cricket in India [ Images ] secretary Niranjan Shah on Thursday.
Vengsarkar told PTI that the selectors are looking to pick a pool of 20 players for the Tests and ODIs.
"We are looking at a pool of around 20. I can't say anything more," he said.
The team would have a coaching camp in Kolkata [ Images ] from May 2 to 6 after the team members assemble there on May 1, Shah said, adding the team will leave for Bangladesh on May 7 from Kolkata.
The Indians are scheduled to play two Tests and three one-dayers during their tour of Bangladesh from May 10 to 29. The ODIs precede the Test series.
Shah said that all the players chosen on April 20 would assemble for a combined camp. "I think the selectors will select around 20-25 players, but it's up to them," he said.
He said that the Working Committee had told the selectors to choose a young team but it was entire upto the selectors how they go about their job.
"We decided that a young team be chosen for the Bangladesh tour, but I cannot say who will be in the team or who will not be. It is upto the selectors," he said when asked whether Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] would be dropped.
Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] have been given show cause notice for talking to the media by the board.
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