The two Test series between India and England remain unaffected despite the cancellation of the remainder of the ODI series.

The England and Wales Cricket Board requested the one-day matches in Guwahati and Delhi be called off and the Board of Control for Cricket in India gave its consent.

The ECB have stressed, however, that they have made no such request regarding the Test series.

Hugh Morris, the ECB's managing director of England cricket, said: "We asked BCCI to consider cancelling the sixth and seventh one-day internationals. We are grateful for their co-operation to that effect.

"I have just seen a report that we asked to cancel the Test series but I can refute we asked to do so."

The news follows the postponement of the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 competition, which was due to feature Middlesex and run from December 3-10 with games in Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore.

The England Performance Squad, which had been based in Bangalore and due to travel to Mumbai in couple of days, will also travel home immediately.

The senior squad are currently in Bhubaneswar after Wednesday's fifth one-day international in Cuttack and will remain there for a further 24 hours after cancelling plans to travel to Guwahati.

Morris said: "It is an evolving situation and we are taking security advice from a number of different sources, as we always do.

"We are hoping to take it forward in the very near future and have a further statement later this evening.

"We did not request the cancellation of the Test series. Whenever England go to play cricket we have security advice and we act on that advice.

"If the security advice is it is safe and secure for players and management to go, that is what we will do."

England were due to stay in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, where a number of the attacks took place, ahead of the Mumbai Test which starts on December 17.

The team stayed there earlier on the tour and Middlesex were also due there today before cancelling travel plans.

Gunmen are reported to have killed at least 101 people in a series of co-ordinated attacks across Mumbai.