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- Updated: January 5, 2017
MSK Prasad, India’s chairman of selectors, said that MS Dhoni’s decision to step down as India’s limited-overs captain came at the right time and showed Dhoni had the best interests of the team in his mind.
“Had Mahi [Dhoni] taken the decision one year or even six months earlier, I would have been a bit worried,” Prasad said. “But I salute him for his sense of perfect timing. He knew that Virat [Kohli] is now a proven customer who has done exceptionally well as a leader in Tests.
“So it is a correct decision by Dhoni. It showed that he had the best interest of Indian cricket in his mind.”
Prasad, a former India wicketkeeper-turned-selector, said that Dhoni still had more international matches under his belt. “I still feel he has a couple of years of cricket left in him and as a …
