The Indian team management on Thursday evaded persistent questions on former captain Sourav Ganguly's [Images] inclusion in the list of 30 probables for the ICC [Images] Champions Trophy, to be held in October-November.
Captain Rahul Dravid [Images], coach Greg Chappell [Images] and selector Sanjay Jagdale refused to answer any query relating to Ganguly, saying the chairman of selectors Kiran More had already spoken on the issue on Wednesday.
Dravid said the media had its chance to speak to More on the issue.
"Yesterday, the chairman of selectors had addressed the issue and you (media) had your chance. We are going on the Sri Lanka [Images] tour and discussing that," he said.
Chappell also gave a similar reply to another question on the former captain, saying: "There's no issue in that. We are now focussed on the Sri Lanka tour."
Jagdale dissuaded the mediapersons, saying he was not interested in fielding questions related to it.
"You should have asked the chairman. I don't want to answer that," he said.
The team later left for Colombo.
The flight, which was scheduled to depart at 2115 IST, got delayed by 25 minutes.
India open their campaign in the competition against the hosts at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on August 16. South Africa is the third team in the tournament.
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