BCCI has given Indian cricket fans a massive shock by announcing MS Dhoni’s exclusion from India’s T20I squad for West Indies and Australia series.
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Dhoni hasn’t been in the best of forms with the bat for quite sometime now and has finally been axed from the team, much to the surprise of Indian fans all around.
While the selectors had confirmed that Dhoni will be India’s first choice wicketkeeper going into the 2019 World Cup, they have now gone onto make a bold statement by dropping him, indicating that the former Indian captain will need to step up his game, else could lose his place in the 50 over format as well.
MSK Prasad, the chief BCCI selector has confirmed that Dhoni has been left out of the 6 T20Is in order to allow the Indian team management to test out the second string of wicketkeepers in the limited overs format.
“Dhoni’s not going to play the 6 T20Is because we’re looking at the second keeper slot. It is not the end of Dhoni in T20Is. M Vijay had been dropped from England, but he went back to counties and performed and showed his intent.” MSK Prasad said.
Rishab Pant has been presented with a glorious opportunity to impress the selectors and maybe cement his place in India’s limited overs team, especially with the 2019 World Cup coming up.
Social media went crazy after the announcement, with many Dhoni fans baffled with the team selection, while others acknowledging how bold the selection committee has been with this call.
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