MS Dhoni brought in to break Virat Kohli's T20 World Cup jinx but Shikhar Dhawan exclusion and Ravichandran Ashwin inclusion can be debated
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Virat Kohli and India’s best opportunity to win an ICC trophy comes next month with the T20 World Cup 2021 in the United Arab Emirates, immediately after the conclusion of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only captain with three different International Cricket Council (ICC) trophies to his name, having won the 2007 T20 World Cup, 2011 50-over World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy in his illustrious career. Virat Kohli took over Dhoni and has become one of India’s most successful captains but what wouldn’t he give to get just one of these ICC trophies under his belt. Kohli and India’s best opportunity to win an ICC trophy comes next month with the T20 World Cup 2021 in the United Arab Emirates, immediately after the conclusion of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), who are hosts on paper of this T20 World Cup, are pulling out all stops to ensure Kohli completes this quest by bringing aboard Dhoni as mentor of the team for the tournament. More on that later, first let us look at the composition of the Indian squad. India have picked a balanced side but omitted a couple of trusted personnel in Shikhar Dhawan and Yuzvendra Chahal in the 15-man squad announced on Wednesday (September 8). The omission of Dhawan, whose personal life is in the spotlight due to his much-publicised divorce with wife Ayesha Mukherjee, was the captain of the limited-overs side to Sri Lanka just a couple of months back and is the current Purple Cap holder in IPL 2021 with 380 runs from eight matches for Delhi Capitals in eight games.More Related News