“We are moving on, we are very clear. Post World Cup we have been clear. We started backing Rishabh Pant and wanted to see him do well. He may not have had the best of matches but we are clear, we are focusing on him only,” MSK Prasad, Chairman of Selectors for BCCI, said after announcing the squads for the series against Bangladesh.
Crux of the Matter
MS Dhoni, as the world’s best wicketkeeper-batsman, has been a fixture in the Indian side since the last 15 years. Of late the team has been grooming Rishabh Pant to take over his role.
Wriddhiman Saha and Sanju Samson are other young players that have shown incredible potential as wicketkeeper-batsmen.
Sourav Ganguly has expressed desire to speak with Dhoni regarding his future and insisted that whatever stand Dhoni has, it will be respected.
Dhoni had started his career under the captaincy of Ganguly and Ganguly had ended his career under Dhoni’s captaincy.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni born 7 July 1981, commonly known as MS Dhoni, is an Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. A right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, Dhoni is one of the highest run scorers in One Day Internationals (ODIs) with more than 10,000 runs scored and is considered an effective “finisher” in limited-overs formats. He is also regarded by some as one of the best wicket-keepers and captain in modern limited-overs international cricket. Read more
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