Even though the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the Indian team for the first two Tests against the visiting England team at its headquarters in Mumbai yesterday, it has not signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the five-match Test series against England with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

"How can we sign the MOU unless they (Lodha Committee) tell us we can do so? An MOU is a contract. Till there is a clarification whether we can sign it, we won't sign it," an Indian cricket board official said yesterday.