Mumbai: The Indian cricket team for the third and final Test against Pakistan to be held in Bangalore from December 8-12 will be announced after the Kolkata Test match to be played from November three to December four.
“As the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided not to announce the teams during matches, we have decided to name the squad only after the second Test at Kolkata gets over,” BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah told Cricketnext.com on Thursday. Continue reading below
The Indian cricket board took this step fearing that the players dropped from the squad may not give hundred per cent if they come to know about their sacking even before the completion of the match.
India will be playing a three-match Test series against their arch rivals Pakistan at Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore.
