Can’t drop Yuvi, Dhoni like a hat, says chief selector MSK Prasad

MUMBAI: India’s chief selector, MSK Prasad said that no sudden call can be made on the future of former captain MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh.

Questions over the future of the two have remained for a while, especially after the Champions Trophy and the West Indies series.

While Yuvraj Singh has said he wants to continue playing till his form and fitness remain, MS Dhoni has not given any hint about his future.

With all eyes on the 2019 World Cup in England, calls for fresh faces are getting louder.

However, Prasad said: “We will see, we need to talk on that. We will have to take a decision, let’s see how it goes. We all know who can add value. Again, we will go slot by slot.

“We should know when to take a call. It’s not that suddenly you take a call and you are nowhere. You can’t be totally unprepared, so we need to be balanced on that aspect,” he told Wisden India.

Both Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh had mixed returns in the Champions Trophy.

Dhoni got to bat only twice in five matches in which he got one half-century, whereas Yuvraj managed just over 100 runs in four innings with one half-century.

In West Indies, Dhoni managed 154 runs in four innings and Yuvraj only 57 runs. Dhoni was heavily criticised for a slow 54 in the loss by 11 runs.

In the Champions Trophy summit clash, both batsmen were dismissed without troubling the scorers much.

Prasad, a former India wicketkeeper, also explained the reason for choosing Hardik Pandya over pacer Jasprit Bumrah for the Sri Lanka Test series.