Kolkata, July 16: The national selectors today decided to keep the Test squad now touring England unchanged, but asked Mohammad Kaif, one of the heroes of the NatWest trophy win, and Dinesh Mongia to stay on with the team for the first class matches. The selectors, summoned by board president Jagmohan Dalmiya for the emergent meeting following the sensational victory in the final last on Saturday, deliberated for nearly two hours before taking the decision for the sake of keeping the entire one-day squad in active cricket in view of the ICC trophy in Sri Lanka in September.

Dalmiya told newsmen after the meeting that Yuvraj Singh, who had fashioned the outstanding win with Kaif, however, has been asked to return to India because of a finger injury which would keep him out of action for at least three weeks. The meeting, which led to speculations that both the heroes of the NatWest trophy might force their way into the test squad for their brilliant performance, felt that all the three players should have been retained with the contingent so that the entire one-day squad would be in proper physical condition for the ICC trophy. Dalmiya, however, said there was no doubt that it was "great performance" by both youngsters, but there was a wrong impression that the meeting had been summoned to put somebody in the Test team.

"There is no change in the Test squad, it remains intact without any addition or deletion," he said adding that Kaif and Mongia will only be playing in the first class matches. Bureau Report