Mumbai: World Cup and World T20winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni have been selected in the India squad for the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup that the BCCI will host in the UAE between October 17 and November 14.
Except that Dhoni will be part of the team as a mentor. The former India captain will work with head coach Ravi Shastri and the rest of the coaching staff during the entire tournament.
The BCCI, on Wednesday, announced a squad of 15, and three standbys, that will be led by Virat Kohli.
While the selectors were in the process of pruning this squad from a very large pool over the last couple of weeks, BCCI secretary Jay Shah spoke with Kohli and Shastri about the idea of bringing Dhoni on board as mentor before making an offer to Dhoni.
It was an offer the former India wicket-keeper-batsman couldn’t refuse because the board insisted how his rich experience in the format, and the fact that he was the first captain to win this tournament 14 years ago, would immensely help the team.
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