'Dhoni had assured Vijay of World Cup berth'

[Sir john]

Murali Vijay's body language betrayed disappointment at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. He had every right to feel disappointed after being ignored for the World Cup squad that was picked on Tuesday. One understands that Vijay was skipper MS Dhoni's choice as one of the back-up batsmen but the selectors were absolutely adamant on Stuart Binny's inclusion. A source close to Vijay told TOI that the batsman was told by Dhoni during the course of the ongoing series that he would be part of the team for the World Cup. "That's why he was extremely upbeat for the last month. The disappointment is understandable," the source said. Vijay has scored 402 runs in four matches so far at an average of 54.32 and the captain did his best to have the opener in the squad as a back-up for Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma. Coach Duncan Fletcher, too, had put in a word for Vijay but the selectors felt that allrounder Binny would be more suitable than an extra batsman and Vijay had to miss out. While the skipper had his way on Ravindra Jadeja and Dhawan, Mohit Sharma is another bowler who was not given the nod despite the skippers preference. "Dhoni had prepared Mohit with the World Cup in mind. An injury sometime back didn't go in his favour, but he was still fit and the captain would have liked to have him in the team," the source added.

[Sir john]

favoritism :hehe:

[Sir john]

first dada now msd nothing new but dada destruyed so many carriers as compare to msd :hmmm:

[Mindreader]

Poor uthappa

[kosingh]

Well no such promises should be made to any player

[zep1706]

His shot was uncharacteristic, really looked disinterested.

[kosingh]

His shot was uncharacteristic' date=' really looked disinterested.[/quote'] Looked like he was trying to prove that he can be a one day player. Didn't quite work.

[BeautifulGame]

His shot was uncharacteristic' date=' really looked disinterested.[/quote'] He fielded for 2 days in searing heat chasing leather Of course he will look tired and disinterested

[BeautifulGame]

If people take these TOI masalas too seriously then its their problem

[moniker]

Dhoni has no authority to tell Vijay that he'd be part of the team for the world cup. He's captain, not selector.

[Raghav_12]

Dhoni has no authority to tell Vijay that he'd be part of the team for the world cup. He's captain' date=' not selector.[/quote'] Mohinder Amarnath was a selector and Dhoni was just captain. We all know what happened when Amarnath decided to do away with Dhoni as captain.

[Detonator]

TOIlet paper as usual

[KFC_Zinger]

in all fairness, i would also prefer Vijay over Binny / Dhawan.... but it smacks of high headedness when captain starts assuring people of WC berths..... P.S. Dhoni would fit nicely in Congress :)

[beetle]

Toilet Paper..... :cantstop:

[kumar713]

If people take these TOI masalas too seriously then its their problem

:agree:

[gakgupta]

first dada now msd nothing new but dada destruyed so many carriers as compare to msd :hmmm:

who?? one name i could remember is sadagoppan ramesh ...Poor guy....In 2003/ 04 Australia tour, he was the only guy getting runs in the practice matches and totally surprised to see him not in the actual test match.... He was pretty good and use to time the ball really well...

[veer]

Toilet Paper..... :cantstop:

Exactly.. :cantstop: kya kuch bhi... Dhoni would be the last person to give promises or assurances for spots.

[Sir john]

people calling toi toilet paper :hehe: than what u read the hindu,deccan herald blah blah :acute:

[fineleg]

people calling toi toilet paper :hehe: than what u read the hindu,deccan herald blah blah :acute:

Zw Herald http://www.herald.co.zw/

[HippoSucks]

Whether this is true or not, Vijay should have been selected.