Mumbai: Saurav Ganguly was on Friday retained captain of the Indian cricket team for the home series against West Indies starting on October 4.

The recently revamped selection committee met for the first time under the chairmanship of Brijesh Patel and also picked the Board President's XI team for the tour-opening three-day game against the West Indians. Mohammad Kaif was named captain of the Board President's XI for the October 4-6 match at Bangalore, BCCI secretary and convener of the selection committee, S K Nair told reporters. Board president's XI: Mohammad Kaif (captain), Gautam Ghambhir, Sanjay Bangar, Hemang Badani, Dinesh Mongia, Parthiv Patel, Amit Mishra, Murali Kartik, Laxmi Balaji, Tinu Yohannan, Ajay Ratra, Sharandeep Singh, Irfan Pathan, Aakash Chopra.

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Tags: cricket, saurav ganguly, indian cricket team, home series, test series, india versus west indies, selection committee, brijesh patel, board president's xi.

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