Indian team for Bangladesh tour to be picked on April 20

MUMBAI: The Indian cricket team for the tour of Bangladesh will be selected here on April 20.

The team will have a coaching camp in Kolkata from May 2 to 6. The team members will assemble in Kolkata on May 1, according to BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah.

The team will depart 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.

Tour itinerary:

May 10 and 12: 1st and 2nd ODI in Mirpur

May 15: 3rd ODI in Chittagong

May 18 to 22: 1st Test in Chittagong

May 25 to 29: 2nd Test in Mirpur.

The team would have a coaching camp in Kolkata 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's upto the selectors," he said when asked whether Sachin Tendulkar would be dropped.

Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh have been given show cause notice for talking to the media by the board.