'Don't think we need to discuss more on Dhoni's World Cup performance'

Its now official that Mahendra Singh Dhoni will not be part of Team India for their forthcoming West Indies tour The former India captain will be on a twomonth break said chief selector MSK Prasad who also informed the media that star allrounder Hardik Pandya and ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah were rested Bumrah however will figure in the twoTest seriesDinesh Karthik who played three games in the World Cup with modest returns 14 runs was dropped So was Karnatakas Mayank Agarwal who came in as a replacement for injured allrounder Vijay Shankar but didnt play a game Agarwal made it to the Test side thoughAlso ReadMS Dhoni is on a break from cricket yet on duty in uniformBatsmen Shreyas Iyer Manish Pandey and pacers Khaleel Ahmed along with Navdeep Saini earned the opportunity to showcase their limited overs skills for the Caribbean tour which starts on August 3 with the first T20I in Florida Interestingly Team Indias playing XI during the World Cup a few weeks ago had three ODI wicketkeepers Dhoni Karthik and Rishabh Pant However Virat Kohli amp Co now have only Pant who is the lone stumper in the side for three ODIs and as many T20I games against West IndiesWhile talking in the midst of speculation over Dhonis future Prasad told the media Retirement is purely an individual choice A legendary cricketer like MS Dhoni knows when to retire When asked about Dhonis recent form the chief selector said I dont think we need to discuss anything more on it because first of all he is not available Secondly we have already started grooming youngstersAlso ReadChildhood coach feels MS Dhoni can continue till T20 World CupMeanwhile Shikhar Dhawan who broke his thumb while scoring 117 against Australia at The Oval on June 9 has recovered fully and is back in the ODI and T20I sides Legspinner Rahul Chahar who is currently in the West Indies representing India A got rewarded with a T20I callup for his consistent show 18 wickets in his last four gamesFitagain wicketkeeperbatsman Wriddhiman Saha was included in the side for the twoTest series starting in Antigua on August 22 The Bengal wicketkeeper last played a Test in January 2018 v SA at Cape Town Indias whiteball team vicecaptain Rohit Sharma who played his last Test against Australia at Melbourne in December 2018 but is in good form with five centuries in the World Cup also earned a Test callup And Bumrah will be ready to fire again in the Test series after being rested for the limited overs series along with Mohammed Shami Ishant Sharma and Umesh YadavWe have taken the India A performances into consideration Manish Pandey Shreyas Iyer have been phenomenal so even Navdeep Saini KS Bharat wicketkeeperbatsman was very close to getting selected We have an unwritten norm shymdash when an established cricketer gets injured an opportunity should be given to him when he gets fit Thats how we have given an opportunity to Wriddhiman Saha Prasad said The chairman pointed to the stellar performances of Bharat for India A In the last three series he got three centuries and picked up about 50 dismissals behind the sticks which is fantastic Rishabh KS and Saha are the guys whom we will be looking at in Test cricket for some time he stressedIndia squadsT20I Virat Kohli Captain Rohit Sharma VC Shikhar Dhawan KL Rahul Shreyas Iyer Manish Pandey Rishabh Pant WK Krunal Pandya Ravindra Jadeja Washington Sundar Rahul Chahar Bhuvneshwar Kumar Khaleel Ahmed Deepak Chahar and Navdeep SainiODI Virat Kohli Captain Rohit Sharma VC Shikhar Dhawan KL Rahul Shreyas Iyer Manish Pandey Rishabh Pant wk Ravindra Jadeja Kuldeep Yadav Yuzvendra Chahal Kedar Jadhav Mohammed Shami Bhuvneshwar Kumar Khaleel Ahmed and Navdeep SainiTest Virat Kohli Captain Ajinkya Rahane VC Mayank Agarwal KL Rahul C Pujara Hanuma Vihari Rohit Sharma Rishabh Pant WK Wriddhiman Saha WK R Ashwin Ravindra Jadeja Kuldeep Yadav Ishant Sharma Mohammed Shami Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav237No of runs Dhoni scored in the nine World Cup matches in England recentlyAlso ReadMS Dhoni pulls out of West Indies tour takes twomonth break amid retirement speculationCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereAlso download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates