New Delhi: After India's historic 3-0 clean sweep of Sri Lanka at Pallekele on Monday, the ODI squad was announced for the five-match series and it once again saw the name of MS Dhoni on the list. However, Chief selector MSK Prasad clarified that the panel would look for alternatives if Dhoni fails to deliver, keeping 2019 World Cup in mind. And this very statement didn't seem to go well for Dhoni's fans on Twitter as they vented out their anger over Prasad on the social media site.


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"You have been fair and I will be honest. Discussions happen about everybody. It is not just MS. When we pick, when we talk about combinations, we talk about everybody. You will also see in times to come," Prasad said on Monday at Kandy.


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Talking about the wicketkeeper-batsman's possibility in being part of the 2019 cricket World Cup plan, MSK said, "You never know. We don’t say it is an automatic thing (selection) but we will see. We are all stakeholders. We all want the Indian team to do well. If he is delivering, why not? If he is not, we will have to look at alternatives."


The above statements angered Dhoni's fans on Twitter as they questioned Prasad's rationale behind this statement. Below are few of the tweets....











Yuvraj Singh has however been rested for the Sri Lanka series with Prasad explaining it as a rotation policy that the selection panel is trying to follow keeping 2019 cricket World Cup in mind.