The BCCI sprung some surprises on Wednesday when the board picked a 15-man Team India squad for next month’s T20 World Cup in the Middle East and one of the biggest exclusions among the batsmen was opener Shikhar Dhawan, who fell in the pecking order to young southpaw Ishan Kishan.

Former BCCI chief selector MSK Prasad on Thursday said that given the form Dhawan was in recently, he thought that the experienced opener “had an opportunity.” The T20 World Cup will take place in the UAE and Oman from October 17.