The Indian coaching staff, currently led by Shastri, was given a 45-day extension after their contract expired at the end of the 2019 World Cup in England.
Speaking to the media ahead of the Indian team's departure to the West Indies, Virat Kohli dismissed speculations of a rift with Rohit Sharma calling the reports ridiculous and baffling lies.
India will play three T20s, as many ODIs and two Tests in their upcoming tour of West Indies, starting August 3 in Florida, United States.
In the recently concluded World Cup held in England and Wales, Bhuvneshwar returned with figures of 10 wickets from six matches at an economy of 5.20.
India will start their campaign against the West Indies in the two-match series and will play a total of 18 Tests during the period of time.
Ahead of the England series in March, Gayle had said that he planned to retire following the ODI World Cup but he changed his mind during the tournament and has made himself available for this series.
Ganguly took to Twitter to express his disappointment with the squad selection for the Windies tour, but Vinod Kambli strongly disagreed with the former captain.
Sachin Tendulkar's famous jersey No.10 has already been "unofficially retired" by the BCCI from white-ball cricket after pacer Shardul Thakur wore it briefly and was heavily trolled on social media.
Gill missed his place in India's squad for Windies tour despite scoring 218 runs against West Indies A at an average of 54.50 and also won the Player of the Tournament trophy.
Krunal Pandya said that he is eyeing consistency with both bat and ball and there is no one better than Virat Kohli to learn from.
MSK Prasad mentioned wicket-keeper batsman from the domestic circuit - KS Bharat and said he was very close to making the cut.
After announcing the squads for the West Indies tour, chief selector MSK Prasad spoke on Shubman Gill's exclusion and felt that he will have to play the waiting game.
Mayank Agarwal was left out of India's limited-overs tour of West Indies despite being called in as a back-up during the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.
Dhoni opted out of India's tour of West Indies and it was understood that it is perhaps the end of the road for the former World Cup-winning captain.
While Shikhar Dhawan makes his return to limited-overs, Hardik Pandya has been rested for the entire tour. The selectors have brought in new faces in the T20I squad as well.
With Dhoni pulling out of the tour, Rishabh Pant is expected to be first wicketkeeper in all three formats while Wriddhiman Saha will be Pant's understudy in the Tests.
A reason behind the postponement of the meeting which was supposed to be held on Friday was also the directive of the CoA that stated that the chairman of the panel instead of the BCCI secretary, will convene it.
Gautam Gambhir feels MS Dhoni invested in the future as a skipper by demanding younger players and it is now time that "practical decisions" are taken with regards to him.
Dhoni's selection or omission from India's squad that will travel to the Caribbean would be an indicator of things to come in the future.
Pujara is expected to be seen in action for India in the final leg of their West Indies tour. The tour consists of three T20Is, three one-day internationals and two Tests in the month-long tour.
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