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Only a few months are left in the 2019 cricket world cup and major cricket boards are started forming their core squad for the upcoming major tournaments. BCCI has formed a list of 20 players which are likely to appear in upcoming matches against Australia, New Zealand and in world cup too. The biggest news is that MS Dhoni is selected for the T20 as well. This time Dhoni is selected on the cost of new emerging wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. From now on only 8 ODI matches are left to be played whereas 3 T20 against New Zealand has been scheduled in 2019.

source:- BCCI

Key Points

  • MS Dhoni selected for both the limited over formats replacing Rishabh Pant.
  • Hardik Pandya and Kedar Jadhav roped back for upcoming ODI against Australia and New Zealand.
  • BCCI is likely to go up with the top 20 players that are selected which has very least chances of getting changed.
  • Team India will play 8 ODIs and 3 T20 before wrapping up for the 2019 world cup tournament.
  • Rishabh Pant, Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur are out from the selection and are not likely to appear in Indian squad till world cup.
  • Hardik Pandya was out from the team due to poor performance with both bat and ball, however, with his comeback performance in domestic series made selectors to give him a spot. Khaleel Ahmed saved a spot in the team.
  • Dinesh Karthik is selected as the second wicketkeeper in the team. 
  • Ravichandran Ashwin has been dropped from the top 16 players selected to play upcoming ODIs against Australia and New Zealand
  • Out of 20 players, top 16 players will be going to play most of the upcoming matches. 
  • Virat, Rahul, Shikhar, Rohit, A. Raydu, D. Karthik, R. Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Y. Chahal, B. Kumar, K. Ahmed, Bumrah, Shami, K. Yadav, Kedar Jadhav, hardik Pandya are the top players among the list.

That's all in this segment.