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Indian Selectors bet on Rishabh Pant

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M. S Dhoni (left) and Rishabh Pant during nets (File photo)

 

 

 

 

India’s Cricket Selectors yesterday named Rishabh Pant as their preferred wicket-keeper for all three formats for next month’s tour of the West Indies with the future of long-serving gloves-man Mahendra Singh Dhoni still shrouded in mystery.


Dhoni, 38, has been the subject of intense speculation on his retirement from international cricket over the past few days since India’s semi-final exit from the ICC World Cup.
The veteran of 350 one-dayers, who quit playing Tests at the end of 2014, has not provided even a hint of what his plans are and made himself unavailable for the trip to the Caribbean where India will play three T20s, three ODIs and two Tests.


With the two Tests in Caribbean kicking off the new World Test Championships, India named a full-strength 16-man squad for the series in which experienced wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha was recalled after being out injured for more than a year.


His replacement Pant, 21, has used his chances well and hit a century in an Oval Test last year while also smashing an unbeaten 159 against Australia in Sydney in January.
Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan has recovered from his broken thumb that forced him to leave the World Cup midway but all-rounder Vijay Shankar was yet to regain complete fitness following his toe injury. 

 

 


REUTERS