Virender Sehwag has identified heir to MS Dhoni’s Team India spot

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“In my opinion, Dhoni should continue till the 2019 World Cup. Even if you play Pant in ODIs from now, he won’t be able to play more than 15-16 ODIs till the World Cup, which is far less compared to Dhoni, who has played over 300 ODIs. I would want Dhoni to continue till the World Cup,” Sehwag told India TV.

 

“Pant has the right kind of the temperament to be a perfect heir for him (Dhoni). I want Dhoni to hand over the baton to Pant when he hangs his boots. Pant is someone who can hit sixes at his will, but when you talk about Dhoni, he has won matches single-handedly,” Sehwag added.

 

After impressing with his performance on the domestic circuit, Pant got a chance to shine on the international arena in the longest format against England in the recently-concluded Test series.

Pant received rave reviews for his performances with the bat as well has his keeping. The highlight of Pant’s sojourn in England was his maiden century in the fifth and the final Test at the Oval, however, it wasn’t enough as the visitors succumbed to a heavy loss and also conceded the series 1-4.

 

[zen]

In 2003, Pak chose its WC team like what Viru is suggesting 

 

1. Saeed Anwar
2. Taufeeq Umar
3. Saleem Elahi
4. Younis Khan
5. Yousuf Youhana
6. Inzamam-ul-Haq (vice-captain) (bad form)
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Abdul Razzaq
9. Azhar Mahmood
10. Wasim Akram
11. Rashid Latif (wicketkeeper)
12. Waqar Younis (captain)
13. Mohammad Sami
14. Shoaib Akhtar
15. Saqlain Mushtaq

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6 minutes ago, zen said:

In 2003, Pak chose its WC team like what Viru is suggesting 

 

1. Saeed Anwar
2. Taufeeq Umar
3. Saleem Elahi
4. Younis Khan
5. Yousuf Youhana
6. Inzamam-ul-Haq (vice-captain) (bad form)
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Abdul Razzaq
9. Azhar Mahmood
10. Wasim Akram
11. Rashid Latif (wicketkeeper)
12. Waqar Younis (captain)
13. Mohammad Sami
14. Shoaib Akhtar
15. Saqlain Mushtaq

That team was getting thrashed after the 2002 Australian tour and there were rifts hope we are not heading the same way.

[rkt.india]

Keep an eye on u19 Punjab wicket keeper Prabhsimran Singh.  He is scoring in u19 like Pant used to do.  Today as well he scored runs at an SR of 158 in the one tournament against Nepal, 29 ball 46 with 3 sixes.  In the first game of the tourny against Afghanistan, he scored 83 ball 104 at an SR oF 125 with 4 sixes

[Rasgulla]

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