Mumbai: The Indian squad for the forthcoming seven-ODI series against Australia will be picked in Chennai on October 15.
"The ODI squad is to be picked on the 15th at Chennai," Cricket Board sources said on Monday.
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The selection is keenly awaited following the team's dismal display at the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa, where it got knocked out in the preliminary stage.
The national selection panel - barring chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth - watched the NKP Salve Challenger Series that ended in Nagpur on Sunday and will have worked out a few options to bolster the under-performing team.
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The ODI series will start with the day encounters at the Reliance (previously IPCL) Stadium in Vadodara on October 25 and end with the final day/night clash at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on November 11.
The other matches are scheduled at Nagpur (October 28), Delhi (October 31), Mohali (November 2), Hyderabad (November 5) and Guwahati (November 8) with all these ties, barring the sixth one in Assam, being day/night contests.
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