New Delhi: India’s squad is to be selected in two weeks time for the upcoming England tour, the control board for cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Devjit Saikia confirmed the development at Timesofindia.com.“The team will be selected in two weeks time,” says Saikia.As toi.com had previously reported, the Indian Cricket Board has already prepared a pool and logistics for India, which has already started a player. The A squad, which will be in three four-day sports, will be in three-day sports before the test series starts on 20 June, is very likely to leave for England on 25 May. The players who will be busy with their franchise commitments in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), they will later join the team. Test squad is expected to depart in the first week of June as some players are likely to have features in the second four-day game, which precedes the intra-squad stability prescribed for the second week of June.It is firmly learned that some senior players want to make a hit in one of the informal trials, not the intra-scv game, but it will depend on how far their respective team goes to the IPL running with the necessary approval from the medical team. Since this is a long tour, the Indian Cricket Board wants to ensure that the players are well resting and recovered after a fierce season of IPL.This may mean that the test squad players will go out in batches in the first week of June. Even for the tour of Australia, the players left in batches. Dhruv Jurlel and KL Rahul, who were part of the test squad, were quickly flown to play another informal test vs. Australia A, so that the game time is very important.A similar drill can be followed around this time, especially for players who are not yet tasting England in their careers.
