Former Indian coach, Ravi Shastri has given his clear opinion on whether MS Dhoni should even consider coming out of Test retirement and play in the WTC final against Australia in June. The wicketkeeper slot has been a worry for India recently with Rishabh Pant’s absence affecting the Indian team during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

India has announced the squad for the one-off Test at the Oval against Australia with KS Bharat being mentioned as the recognized wicketkeeper. KL Rahul is also in the team and a lot of people reckon that he can be trusted with the gloves in the match. While discussing the issue on Cricinfo, the anchor asked Ravi Shastri if India should consider MS Dhoni as well, given his fitness.

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Dhoni hanged his boots from Test cricket in 2014. The former India coach first said how Dhoni has shown up a lot of young wicketkeepers in the country with his style.

Ravi Shastri explained, “Oh yeah. He has shown up a lot of young keepers in the country with the way he has kept behind the stumps, the way he has moved just for someone who doesn’t play first-class cricket just to pitch up.”

When asked if Dhoni would seriously consider coming out of retirement for the WTC final, Shastri said it won’t be possible as once the former Indian captain makes up his mind, he doesn’t deviate from it.

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Explaining the same, Ravi Shastri said, “Nah. Once MS makes up his mind, he makes up his mind. To leave Test cricket, where he could have easily played for a year or year and a half, if he was statistically driven like our country is then he would have loved that 100 Test match mark, big crowd, nice ceremony, nice presentation, walk around the crowd, say good bye to everyone…he doesn’t want that. He’s like hands up, new man is there, let him be.”