Rishabh Pant's Selection A Message To Dhoni

The selection of Rishabh Pant, 16 years younger than Dhoni, in the squad to play the West Indies is a sort of message to Dhoni...

- Partab Ramchand

That Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s strike rate has fallen quite alarmingly is a well-known fact. The former Indian captain has won numerous limited overs games with his swash-buckling approach and unorthodox strokes but at 37 age seems to have finally caught up his super quick reflexes. This is true only of his batting for his wicket-keeping skills have hardly diminished. But in ODIs the man behind the stumps is also expected to contribute substantially with the bat. And the selection of Rishabh Pant, 16 years younger than Dhoni, in the squad to play the West Indies is a sort of message to Dhoni. He is clearly the better wicketkeeper as Pant has a lot of rough edges which have to be ironed. But no one can deny that he has made an impact with the bat. A fighting century i