FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup - India Nets - Edgbaston, Birmingham, Britain - June 29, 2019 India's Rishabh Pant during nets Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
(Reuters) - Long-serving wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's absence from India's tour of West Indies has handed young Rishabh Pant the perfect opportunity to gain experience and unleash his potential, captain Virat Kohli has said.
Dhoni is sitting out India's tour, which begins with the first Twenty20 against West Indies in Florida later on Saturday, to discharge his responsibilities as an honorary colonel in the army.
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