Before departing for the Sri Lanka series, chief selector Ajit Agarkar confirmed that Mohammed Shami has started hitting the nets and his aim will be to feature in first Test match against Bangladesh starting from September 19 in Chennai. Apart from this, Jay Shah also confirmed that former India batsman VVS Laxman will continue to be head of NCA

Vengsarkar was first impressed with Ganguly when he scored a hundred for East Zone (125 in vain) against West Zone in the Deodhar Trophy final at Pune in December 1990