While many quarters of the Indian fanbase want MS Dhoni to be out of the team in order for a youngster to replace him. However, according to BCCI’s chairman of selectors, MSK Prasad, MSD is, as of yet, irreplaceable.

His logic is derived from the fact that no other wicket-keeper has been as effective with the bat as the former captain has been. His words clearly take aim at Rishabh Pant, who wasn’t able to replicate his domestic success on the international arena.

When asked about whether they are looking at Dhoni on a series basis, Prasad said: "We are grooming some wicketkeepers during India A tours. But more or less, we have fixed up (our) minds till the World Cup (on continuing with Dhoni) and after that at later stages we will start grooming some of those (wicket- keepers)."

Prasad continued praising the man from Ranchi for astute skills behind the stumps. Indeed, it is his nimbleness that makes him such an asset behind the sticks.

"I think MS Dhoni still remains the No 1 wicket-keeper in the world and day in and day out we have been saying this. In the current T20 series (against Sri Lanka), the stumpings he has effected and caught-behind he has taken are phenomenal," Prasad enthused.

The chairman then put the final nail in the coffin on the young wicketkeepers that have been knocking the door to the first-team of India by stating Dhoni is the best wicketkeeper in the world.

"There is no comparison and I don't see any wicketkeeper, who can even come closer to him in world.

"Let me tell you frankly, those boys still are not up to the level as what we would have expected. We will still be giving them chances on India A tours and see that they are nurtured," Prasad, who himself was a wicketkeeper, concluded.

Right now, it seems very difficult to see the likes of Rishabh Pant making it to the World Cup in 2019, but who knows what could happen in this game.