Chappell won't attend selection meeting

Greg Chappell, India's coach, will not attend Friday's selection committee meeting in Mumbai, which will choose the captain for the forthcoming tour of Zimbabwe. "Chappell would not attend the meeting tomorrow to choose the captain, but he would be present at the selectors' meeting the next day to pick the rest of the squad members," said SK Nair, the board secretary.

Nair also said that the BCCI was awaiting an update on the fitness of Sachin Tendulkar. "We have asked team physiotherapist John Gloster to give an update on Tendulkar's fitness and his progress," he said. "We would be talking to Tendulkar too on the matter before selecting the team."

Tendulkar underwent surgery in London for an elbow injury at the end of May and was ruled out of cricket for 12 to 16 weeks. Asked about the injury sustained by Irfan Pathan which has ruled him out of the forthcoming Afro-Asian one-day international series, Nair said his report too was awaited.

Pathan apparently suffered the injury on his right shoulder when he fell while fielding the ball on the boundary during India's tri-series final against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. BCCI sources said that Gloster had Pathan's MRI scan report with him and would intimate the Board about the extent of the injury before the meeting.