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Sehwag feels that retirement is Dhoni’s individual call but selectors must communicate with him before announcing the West Indies squad. “It should be left to Dhoni to decide when to hang his boots. The duty of the selectors is to reach out to Dhoni and inform him that he is no more being seen as India’s wicketkeeper batsman going forward. I wish the selectors had asked me as well about my plans,” Sehwag said during a panel discussion on ‘ABP News’, his target being co-panellist Sandeep Patil.

Patil was the chairman of selectors when Sehwag was dropped from the side in 2013 and he never made a comeback. An embarrassed Patil then apologised to Sehwag. “The responsibility to talk to Sachin (Tendulkar) about his future was given to me and Rajinder Singh Hans, while the same responsibility was given to Vikram Rathour for Sehwag. We had asked him and he said he had spoken with Sehwag. But if Sehwag is saying that Vikram did not talk to him, I would like to take responsibility for the same,” Patil said right there.

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