Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin says he's been dropped, not rested from the Australian one-day cricket team and concedes he may never get his spot back.
The 34-year-old conceded his poor form had presented Matthew Wade with an opportunity, even though national selector John Inverarity explained it as resting him after a heavy schedule.
Haddin said if the Victorian gloveman took his chance in the opening matches of the ODI series against India and Sri Lanka starting on Sunday, he could be kept out of the team for good but he vowed to be ready for a recall.
It's been suggested Haddin will return for the latter half of the ODI series, but Haddin said he must face facts amid suggestions Wade may also be taken as a second wicketkeeper for the tour to the West Indies starting in March.
"I think any time you're out of the Australian cricket team I think you're dropped,'' Haddin told Sky Sports Radio on Tuesday.
