MS Dhoni excluded from BCCI's annual contract list for Team India

In what may be a big blow for the much-awaited comeback of Captain Cool to the Indian side, BCCI's list of players handed the central contract does not have MS Dhoni's name, raising further speculations of his future with the national side. MS Dhoni, who is on a sabbatical ever since India's exit from the World Cup, had indicated that he would spill the beans about his future only in January. However, BCCI giving MS Dhoni's name a miss in the list sends a signal, possibly indicating curtains down for the veteran. 

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No MS Dhoni in BCCI's list

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the period from October 2019 to September 2020. 

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Team India (Senior Men)

Athletes

A+

1. Virat Kohli

2. Rohit Sharma

3. Jasprit Bumrah

A

1. Mr Ravichandran Ashwin

2. Ravindra Jadeja

3. Bhuvneshwar Kumar

4. Cheteshwar Pujara

5. Ajinkya Rahane

6. K L Rahul

7. Shikhar Dhawan

8. Mohd. Shami

9. Ishant Sharma

10. Kuldeep Yadav

11. Rishabh Pant

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B

1. Wriddhiman Saha

2. Umesh Yadav

3. Yuzvendra Chahal

4. Hardik Pandya

5. Mayank Agarwal

C

1. Kedar Jadhav

2. Navdeep Saini

3. Deepak Chahar

4. Manish Pandey

5. Hanuma Vihari

6. Shardul Thakur

7. Shreyas Iyer

8. Washington Sundar

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