Dhoni out of Asia Cup

[Basil]

Dhoni out of Asia Cup​

MS Dhoni has been ruled out of the Asia Cup in Bangladesh because of a side strain. Virat Kohli will lead India in Dhoni's absence and Dinesh Karthik slots in as the replacement wicketkeeper.

Dhoni suffered a grade-one strain to his left side during the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington and will undergo rehabilitation for ten days.

India's first game in the Asia Cup is against Bangladesh on February 26. The tournament ends on March 8, and the ICC World Twenty20 begins on March 21, also in Bangladesh.

Dhoni had drawn a lot of criticism from former India captains for his defensive tactics, with Sourav Ganguly even branding his leadership obnoxious. The Jharkhand wicketkeeper-batsman would have looked to use the Asia Cup to silent some of his detractors but he will now have to wait for India's next assignment, the World T20 to be played from next month, also in Bangladesh.

India news : MS Dhoni out of Asia Cup with side strain | Cricket News | Asia Cup | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[IndiaN]

Let's Hope for The Best in Captaincy of Virat

 

[Basil]

Bad one for India.Hope Virat does well as the Captain

 

[NinadG]

Lets see how a grade-one strain to Dhoni helps India achieve something..... Maybe this is due to some decision to sideline Dhoni slowly considering recent reports about his performance.....

 

[Karthik]

Big blow to india.

 

[vijay21]

its an big chance for karthick to show his talent...

 

[Srajal Ag]

Ind will do better in asia cup due to sub continent pitches n not so competitive teams than in new n south africa ....people will then say virat is better captain than dhoni ........

 

[vijju012]

good news...