Last Friday night was one of the most unbelievable ones for most the Indian cricket fans as they received a huge shock from the Indian selectors. The Indian selection committee headed by MSK Prasad decided to drop the former Indian skipper MS Dhoni from the T20I squad which will be facing the Windies at home and the Australians at their home and it took the cricket fraternity by a shocker.

Dhoni has neither been picked for the Windies T20I series at home nor for the three-match series in Australia. There have been many conflicting opinions about the decision since then. Also, various news are surfacing on a daily basis about this saga. Recently, the chief Indian selector, MSK Prasad explained how Dhoni reacted when the maestro was informed about his axing.

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While announcing the squads, Prasad informed that they wanted to try out the second keeper as well. Later, it was apprised that keeping the T20I World Cup, 2020 in mind, which Dhoni might not be playing, they opted to leave out the wicket-keeper batsman. Further, this decision was taken only after the approval of both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

However, the Indian selection committee also had a word with Dhoni itself at this point in time. Prasad said that he himself spoke to MS to inform about the decision. He also noted that the 37-year-old was most gracious. Dhoni, who often puts the team ahead of his personal goals, is known to have supported the idea.

As per the reports in The Telegraph, MSK said, “I myself spoke to MS and I must say he was most gracious. I explained our need to look at a second keeper. MS graciously supported the idea. We’re looking at a second ’keeper, so Rishabh Pant is there and DK (Dinesh Karthik) hasn’t done badly either. Both, therefore, are in the T20I squads which we announced late on Friday.”