MS Dhoni is back in India’s T20I squad. He hadn’t found a place in India’s two most recent T20I squads, against West Indies at home and in Australia, but he has returned as one of three wicketkeeper-batsmen for the three-match T20I series in New Zealand in early February.
In more spinning of the wicketkeeping carousel, Dinesh Karthik is back in the ODI squads for Australia and New Zealand, replacing Rishabh Pant. Pant played three of the five ODIs against West Indies, as a specialist batsman, and scored 17 and 24.
Pant is currently playing the Test series in Australia. According to the BCCI’s selection release said, he will return home after the Tests to play for India A in a five-match one-day series against England Lions.
ODI squad for Australia and New Zealand: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Shami
In: Dinesh Karthik, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya Out: Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Umesh Yadav
T20I squad for New Zealand: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed
In: MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav Out: Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav
More to follow…
Source: ESPN Crickinfo