Here is what Virat Kohli said on MS Dhoni’s Omission from T20I Squad against Windies and Australia

The MSK Prasad who led selection panel had announced the squads for the T20Is against West Indies and Australia and MS Dhoni has been excluded from the two squads which raised several questions. In the squad young wicket-keeper-batsman, Rishabh Pant has been included in the two squads, with Dinesh Karthik acting as his back-up.

On MS Dhoni’s omission from the three-match Twenty20 International series against the Windies and Australia. Captain Virat Kohli explains the decision and says former captain felt Rishabh Pant should get more chances.

On MS Dhoni's T20I career coming to an end, India skipper Virat Kohli said that the former captain remains an integral member of the Indian team in limited-overs cricket.

After Team India's victory over West Indies by 9 wickets in the fifth One Day International in Thiruvananthapuram, Kohli told that he was not part of that conversation and it is what the selectors explained. He thinks people are putting too many variables into the situation, which is not the case he can assure that. He said that he is still a very integral part of this team and he just feels that in the T20 format, someone like Rishabh Pant can get more chances.

Kohli further told that the selector felt that in T20 format, Rishabh Pant can be given a chance and Dhoni anyway plays ODIs for them regularly. It was about giving chances to a youngster and it has nothing to do with what people are thinking and he as a captain can certainly assure you that.

India will take the West Indies in the 3-T20I series starting on November 4 in Kolkata. The second T20I will take place on 6 November in Lucknow and third T20Is will take place on 11 November in Chennai. Virat Kohli has been rested for the series and Rohit Sharma will be leading the Men in Blue.

MS Dhoni out of Top 5 Players who scored fastest 10000 ODI Runs after Virat’s mind-blowing performance in Second ODI against Windies

Virat Kohli became the latest to join the elite club of batsmen who have achieved 10000 ODI runs. While batting in the 2nd ODI against West Indies at Visakhapatnam out of the five-match ODI series.

The second One Day International ended in a tie but is memorable for Virat Kohli. Before the match started Virat was just 81 runs away to become the fifth Indian batsman and 13th player to join the 10000 runs in ODIclub.

Virat scored 157 runs off 129 balls for India and became the latest to join the elite club of batsmen who have achieved 10000 ODI runs. He also broke the record of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Virat took 205 innings to reach the landmark. The Master Blaster did it in 259 innings.

India’s wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni while batting in the 2nd ODI against England at Lord’s in the month of July became the fifth fastest to 10000 ODI runs but as Virat moved to No. 1, Position of all others moved a place down.

Following Virat Kohli at No.1 and Sachin Tendulkar at No.2, the third spot in fastest 10000 runs in ODI is hold by Sourav Ganguly, he took 263 innings to score 10000 plus runs in ODI. Australian Cricketer Ricky Ponting holds fourth place by achieving the landmark in 266 innings.

South African batsmen Jacques Kallis stands at No. 5. He took 272 innings to score 10k runs. Then former Indian Captain MS Dhoni stands at position six as he took 273 innings to achieve the target. You can read MS Dhoni Biography to know more about the best Indian Captain.

Following MS Dhoni at No. 6, the list further includes players like West Indies Cricketer Brian Lara, Indian Cricketer Rahul Dravid, Sri Lankan Cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan, and Kumar Sangakkara.

Apart from them, the list features Pakistan Player Inzamam-Ul-Haq, Sri Lankan Player Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene who took 333 innings to achieve the landmark.

Players like Rohit Sharma and Hashim Amla may become the next to join the 10K ODI Runs Club.