Dhoni, who was longing to return to competitive cricket after a gap of more than eight months, was about to make a comeback with the IPL 2020 which now remains postponed.
MS Dhoni (L) and KL Rahul playing against Bangladesh at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter/@BCCI)
Keeping out-of-favour India player MS Dhoni’s comeback in mind, country’s batman KL Rahul believes the 13th edition of IPL which is now postponed until further notice would be a massive tournament for the wicketkeeper-batsman.
Dhoni, who was longing to return to competitive cricket after a gap of more than eight months, was about to make a comeback with the IPL 2020. But as the mega event is postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, there have been quite a few debates on his future with an eye on the World T20 because head coach Ravi Shastri had earlier said that the IPL would decide if Dhoni will be a part of the team for the showpiece event.
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“It all depends on when he starts playing and how he is playing during the IPL. What are the other people doing with the wicket-keeping gloves or what is the form of those players as opposed to Dhoni’s form. The IPL becomes a massive tournament because that could be the last tournament after which more or less your 15 is decided,” said Rahul on Star Sports show Cricket Connected as quoted by IANS.
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Rahul feels that a player’s performance in IPL would be the criteria for the India squad in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2020 which is slated to be played in the October-November window.
“There might be one player who might be there and thereabouts in case of an injury or whatever. But your team I would say would be known after the IPL. What I would say is rather than speculating of who is where, wait for the IPL to get over and then you are in a position to take a call on who are the best 17 in the country,” said Rahul.
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