BCCI unlikely to select team for Toronto

MUMBAI, AUG. 6. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is unlikely to convene the meeting of national selectors to pick the team for the five match limited over series against Pakistan for the Sahara Cup until it gets the green signal to travel to Toronto from the Union Government. The Sahara Cup is scheduled from September 9 to 17.

The five selectors, Messrs. Chandu Borde (Chairman, West), Thirumalai Sekhar (South), Madan Lal (North), Ashok Malhotra (East) and Anil Deshpande (Central) were scheduled to pick the 15-member team on April 10, but according to sources in the Board, the selection for the Sahara Cup has been put off until the government clears the tour.

India did not play Pakistan at Toronto last September; instead the Sourav Ganguly led Indians played the West Indies for the DCM Trophy and won it 2-1.

For the first time, six one-day internationals were played at Toronto in 1999, with West Indies figuring in all six - three each against India and Pakistan.

The Event Manager, International Management Group (IMG) and the sponsor, Sahara, made an announcement recently about the resumption of India-Pakistan series in Toronto, but developments in Jammu & Kashmir afterwards has done just enough to raise doubts about the event taking place.

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