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India retain squad for 2nd Test

November 24, 2004 16:43 IST

India retained the 14-member squad for the second and final Test against South Africa to be played at Kolkata from November 27.

Sourav Ganguly, who is to hold a tele-conference on Thursday with an ICC Appeals Commissioner regarding his two-match ban, has been included in the team as captain.

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Should Ganguly not be available for the Test, a replacement will be announced at a later date, BCCI secretary S K Nair told reporters at Kanpur on Wednesday.

"We will wait for the decision of the Appeals Commissioner, if at all a change is required, we will take a decision later," Nair said.

Ganguly was slapped a two-match ban for India's slow over rate during the Platinum Jubilee one-dayer against Pakistan at Kolkata on November 13.

New Zealand's Tim Castle will hear his appeal against the ban. He would hold a tele-conference with the Indian captain tomorrow.

Ganguly would be represented by his personal lawyer Siddharth Shankar Ray as well as BCCI's lawyer Ushanath Banerjee.

The Indian team for the tour of Bangladesh, where they will play two Tests and three one-day internationals from December 9 to 27, would be announced during the Kolkata Test, Nair said.

Squad: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, V V S Laxman, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Murali Karthik, Mohammad Kaif, Irfan Pathan and Ashish Nehra.

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