The Indian squad for the upcoming cricket World Cup in the Caribbean would be
chosen on February 11 or 12.
"The selectors, who are to meet in Mumbai on February
3 to pick the team for the Sri Lanka series, will decide on the date
and the venue, either Rajkot or Mumbai," the BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said today.
That means the selectors have three more matches, the last of the West Indies
series here on Wednesday and two of the four-match Sri Lanka series, to assess
the players before making up their mind on the final combination.
The first two ODIs against Sri Lanka are to be held at Kolkata
(Feb 8) and Rajkot (Feb 11) and the final 15-member World Cup squad needs to
be sent to the International Cricket Council on or before Feb 13.
The combination chosen for the first two ODIs against the Lankans, who would
play the last two matches of the series in Goa (Feb 14) and Vishakapatnam (Feb
17), would very much be the squad for the World Cup to be held in March-April.
Meanwhile, the BCCI was yet to prepare a final draft for the contracts to be
issued to the players for their perusal. "We are still having discussions
on the final draft," Shah said.
The BCCI had indicated earlier that the contracts, which are overdue, would
be ready before the team departs for the World Cup.
The team is slated to land in the West Indies on March 1.
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