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India vs South Africa: MS Dhoni unlikely to be picked for T20 series, Rishabh Pant likely to be keeper
Keeping in mind the T20 World Cup next year, the Indian selectors are eager to try out young players, with Rishabh Pant as the first-choice keeper in the team. They have also shortlisted Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan for the role of keeper.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni might not have retired from international cricket, but the selectors are unlikely to give him a go in the upcoming T20I series against South Africa. Keeping in mind the T20 World Cup next year, the Indian selectors are eager to try out young players, with Rishabh Pant as the first-choice keeper in the team. They have also shortlisted Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan for the role of keeper.
"Pant scored a fifty in the last T20 that he played. Ishan Kishan is in the A set-up. Do we even have an option of looking back when we need consistent big hitters on big Australian grounds?" the official questioned.
"There are only 22 T20 Internationals before India play their first World T20 game and selectors are clear in their vision that it's time to move forward," a senior BCCI official told PTI on Wednesday.
"They are planning on getting a pool of three keepers ready for limited-overs, especially T20s," he added.
It is, however, not clear whether the BCCI officials will have a word with Dhoni to know about his future. The former skipper had opted out of the series against West Indies recently as he made his intention of serving in the Territorial Army known.
"Retirement is an individual decision and selectors or for that matter, no one has any right to decide on that front. But they have every right to decide the roadmap for the 2020 World T20 and that's to give Rishabh Pant maximum chances," the official explained.
