Chief selector MSK Prasad dropped a bombshell of sorts by announcing an India T20 squad without the 2007 World T20-winning skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday night. The stalwart will not be part of the T20I series against West Indies at home followed by the contest in Australia.

And while cricket lovers debate that decision, they also wonder whether this will hasten his departure from the game. However, there was enough of Dhoni brilliance during the third India v West Indies ODI on Saturday to suggest that his ouster (if one can call it so) hasn't had a negative effect on the wicketkeeper-batsman.