After announcing the squads for the West Indies tour, chief selector MSK Prasad spoke on Shubman Gill's exclusion and felt that he will have to play the waiting game.
Mayank Agarwal was left out of India's limited-overs tour of West Indies despite being called in as a back-up during the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.
MSK Prasad was asked about Ambati Rayudu's cheeky tweet regarding the '3D' glasses and the chief selector said that he enjoyed the timely tweet by the Guntur-born batsman.
Dhoni opted out of India's tour of West Indies and it was understood that it is perhaps the end of the road for the former World Cup-winning captain.
The CoA members led by chairman Vinod Rai, Diana Edulji will also have discussions with the chairman of selectors MSK Prasad on a roadmap for India for next year's T20 World Cup in Australia.
Before the 2017 Champions Trophy in England, Pant was kept on stand-by and once again according to MSK Prasad, Pant was "almost there".
The cut-off date for announcing the squad is April 23 and the selectors have been waiting to watch the performance of some of the players in the ongoing IPL 2019.
There have been discussions that India's World Cup hopefuls' workload management should be monitored during the IPL, starting March 23, so that they remain fresh during the May 30-July 14 extravaganza.
Rahane has been quite impressive and consistent in List A cricket having scored 597 runs in 11 innings at an average of 74.62.
The Men in Blue are currently one of the most balanced sides with a strong bench which includes the back-up option of almost all the players excluding fast-bowling allrounder Hardik Pandya.
Chief selector MSK Prasad revealed that Rishabh Pant is missing the Australia just because of excess workload but he is very much in India's plans for the World Cup.
Prasad wanted to set the record straight on the eve of the Boxing Day Test, which will feature the Saurashtra all-rounder.
The Indian Express newspaper has reported that the former captain was in fact dropped and not rested as the chief of selectors MSK Prasad claimed after announcing the teams.
A senior BCCI official has said that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were consulted before the selectors removed MS Dhoni from India's T20 squad.
MS Dhoni, despite being a sharp planner and a safe and agile hand behind the stumps, has been struggling to finish matches with the bat.
Cricket lovers everywhere have expressed shock and awe over the snub to unarguably one of India's greatest limited-overs batsmen.
Unhappy with his omission, Kedar Jadhav did not mince words and said there was no communication over his exclusion from the Indian team.
Jadhav had made a comeback during the Asia Cup last month but the recurrence of the hamstring injury in the final led to another round of rehab.
It has been learnt that from now on, every selection meeting will be followed by a press conference to ensure that the media doesn't draw conjectures about the selection policy.
Kirmani's comments come in the wake of the controversy over the exclusion of Karun Nair and Murali Vijay from the Test squad.
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