Despite having accumulated a lot many runs in domestic cricket, Dinesh Karthik’s struggle to enter and remain in the Indian cricket team dressing room has been ever going. The emergence of MS Dhoni overshadowed Karthik, who was probably the more technically sound wicketkeeper during that period. However, the Test retirement of Dhoni in 2014 also couldn’t hand Karthik a comeback as Wriddhiman Saha was a better equipped stumper and a bankable option in the longest format of cricket. Karthik made his international debut on September 5, 2004, in an ODI match against England at Lord’s. Dhoni, on the other hand, got a chance on December 23, 2004, when he played his first ODI match for India during their tour to Bangladesh. Karthik debuted in Test cricket on November 5, 2004, in a match against Australia in Mumbai. A T20I breakthrough came for the Tamil Nadu batsman in December 2006 during India’s tour of South Africa. When everything seemed unsatisfactory in Karthik’s cricket career, he just did a Javed Miandad, scoring a last-ball six to guide India to Nidahas Trophy win in 2018.
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Karthik averages 33 in T20Is and has a stunning strike rate of 143.52 and also has the ability to finish off innings for India.
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Kolkata Knight Riders shared a video of Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik in self-isolation.
What unravelled in the next two overs was simply unbelievable as Karthik made the most of Bangladesh's errs to finish off the chase successfully with a last-ball six.
Tamil Nadu are currently placed 16th in the cross pool table with four points from as many games while Mumbai are placed 13th after three games with six points, courtesy their win in the opening round encounter.
Asked how being fit helps him in matches, Dinesh Karthik said fitness has now become a lifestyle, compared to earlier times when it was conducted like a camp.
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Uttar Pradesh batsman Upendra Yadav scored a 41-ball 70 to power the side to a five-wicket victory over Tamil Nadu in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Dinesh Karthik has hit back at former Indian pacer S. Sreesanth, who had cause a stir a few days back when he blamed the stumper for his ouster from the national cricket team.
Karthik has been in an impressive form in domestic cricket scoring 349 runs at a stellar average of 116.33 for Tamil Nadu in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy
Dinesh Karthik may have missed his century by merely three runs, but he didn't fail to lead Tamil Nadu to a 74-run over Bengal as the side registered its fourth-straight win in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Karthik tendered an "unconditional apology" for violating BCCI's central contract clause by watching a Caribbean Premier League game from the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned Trinbago Knight Riders' dressing room.
Dinesh Karthik was seen in a Trinbago Jersey while watching the match from the dressing room, which forced the BCCI to issue a show-cause notice.
Dinesh Karthik was seen in Trinbago Knight Riders dressing room and attending their opening CPL match against St Kitts & Nevis in Port of Spain.
Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik were sent ahead of MS Dhoni after India were reduced to five for three and then 24 for four in their chase of 240 in 1st semi-final of the 2019 World Cup.
The policy from the time when Mahendra Singh Dhoni took over as captain has been to prepare teams at least two years in advance for ODIs and maybe around 18 months for T20s.
Karthik replaced Kedar Jadhav in the game against Bangladesh, his World Cup debut, having first got the taste of international cricket back in 2004.
It was a long wait for Karthik, but the Indian wicketkeeper-batsman finally gets the opportunity to shine in the blue in a World Cup game.
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