Test team for England tour on Saturday

NEW DELHI, June 30 (PTI): The Indian cricket team for the upcoming Test series against England will be selected on Saturday in Chennai, the Indiam Cricket Board stated in a media release. Under Krishnamachari Srikkanth�s chairmanship, the All-India Senior Selection Committee will meet at the Park Sheraton in Chennai on Saturday evening to pick the touring squad for the five-day matches, the BCCI said in a statement.

India will play four Test matches against England with the first match scheduled to be held at the historic Lord�s from July 21-25. That will incidentally be the 2000th Test in the history of the game. Before the first Test, India will play a three-day warm-up game against county side Somerset from July 15 at Taunton.