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Dinesh Karthik
India
Personal Information
Born Jun 01, 1985 (34 years) Birth Place Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu Height --
Role WK-Batsman Batting Style Right Handed Bat ICC Rankings TestODIT20Batting -- --
-- Bowling -- -- -- Career InformationTeams India, Delhi Capitals, India A, India
Blue, India U19, Board Presidents XI, Tamil Nadu, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians,
Rest of India, East Zone, South Zone, Royal Challengers Bangalore, India B, Gujarat
Lions, TUTI Patriots, India Red, Kolkata Knight Riders, World XI, Karaikudi Kaalai,
India C
Dinesh Karthik was one of the plethora of wicketkeepers tried out by India in the
Ganguly era of Indian cricket before the arrival of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Nevertheless, having been in and o...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100 200 50 4s 6s
Test 26 42 1 1025 129 25.0 2080 49.28 1 0 7 134 4
ODI 94 79 21 1752 79 30.21 2392 73.24 0 0 9 176 15
T20I 32 26 14 399 48 33.25 278 143.53 0 0 0 42
15
IPL 182 163 28 3654 97 27.07 2815 129.8 0 0 18 357 101
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W
Test 26 - - - - - - - - - - -
ODI 94 - - - - - - - - - - -
T20I 32 - - - - - - - - - - -
IPL 182 - - - - - - - - - - -
Career Information
Test debut vs Australia at Wankhede Stadium, Nov 03, 2004 Last Test vs England at
Lord's, Aug 09, 2018 ODI debut vs England at Lord's, Sep 05, 2004 Last ODI vs New
Zealand at Emirates Old Trafford, Jul 09, 2019 T20 debut vs South Africa at The
Wanderers Stadium, Dec 01, 2006 Last T20 vs Australia at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Feb
27, 2019 IPL debut vs Rajasthan Royals at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Apr 19, 2008 Last
IPL vs Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium, May 05, 2019 ProfileDinesh Karthik was
one of the plethora of wicketkeepers tried out by India in the Ganguly era of
Indian cricket before the arrival of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Nevertheless, having
been in and out of the Indian team and in the limited opportunities he's had, he
has performed admirably behind the stumps as well as with the bat.

Having risen through the ranks in age-group cricket, Karthik started to make the
selectors' shortlist after a string of centuries in the 2002/03 season for the
Tamil Nadu Under-19 side. The runs faded away towards the end of the season, but
the selectors decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and he was summoned into
the national side after Parthiv Patel was axed due to his unreliable glovework.

Karthik immediately caught the public eye when he debuted for India in ODIs as a
19-year-old in late 2004. The blurry image of an airborne Karthik flying
horizontally to stump Michael Vaughan at Lord's has been etched into the mental
timelines of contemporary Indian cricket aficionados ever since.

He was handed a Test debut on a minefield of a track in Mumbai in late 2004 against
Australia. However, a string of low scores made way for other keeper-batsmen in the
fringes. After the emergence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Karthik has made comebacks
into the side as a pure batsman but failed to topple over Dhoni for the
wicketkeeping position. The highest point in his career arrived when Karthik,
replaced Sehwag in the 2007 tour of England as an opener. Showing a stoic, airtight
technique in unfavorable conditions, he ended the Test series as India's highest
run-getter, ahead of some big names like Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, and Sachin
Tendulkar, playing a significant role in handing India an elusive away series win.

Karthik's keeping, though, needed a lot of work; it was a flaw that had led to his
axing from the Tamil Nadu side as well. However, a specialized training camp in the
off-season under former Indian keeper Kiran More helped him refine his technique
and as a result, he came back a more technically accomplished and confident
wicketkeeper. He made a comeback to the side in 2006 after Dhoni was rested, and
later earned a spot as a pure batsman following the poor batting form of some of
the other Indian players. However, he had another dip in form and Virender Sehwag's
return to form meant Karthik was out of the playing XI again.

With an established opening combination and Dhoni already set in the team,
Karthik's chances were scarce. However, he made a mess of the opportunities he did
get with an abominable display of wicketkeeping in the Sri Lanka Tests in 2008, as
he lost his place to Parthiv Patel for the final Test of the series.

He did reasonably well in India's unbeaten Champions Trophy campaign in 2013,

starting off with two centuries in the warm-up matches and continuing his good run
in the limited opportunities he got during the tournament. It was all too good to
last, though, as Karthik went through another familiar dip in form and lost his
place in the side. He found some touch early in 2014 and when MS Dhoni pulled out
of the 2014 Asia Cup, Karthik got the nod and he played in the middle order.

Karthik has perhaps missed out on playing at the highest level during his peak, as
have several other keepers in the Dhoni era. The opening finally came after the
retirement of Dhoni from Tests in late 2014, but Wriddhiman Saha was picked ahead
of him. With Saha turning out to be nearly flawless behind the stumps and gritty
with the willow, Karthik's might have missed the bus with the whites, but his
batting ability has kept him at the brink of the Indian ODI side. His performance
at the domestic level remains consistent and he continues to be the quintessential
replacement player for India; one who hasn't quite been able to churn out enough
performances consistently to carve out his own identity at the highest level, but
has been a useful stand-in when picked.

IPL through the years:

Dinesh Karthik's struggle to break from the fringes did not have any bearing on his
IPL career as he was picked for the inaugural edition of the IPL by Delhi
Daredevils for approximately 2.4 crores (525,000 USD). However, Karthik did not do
enough justice to his talent as he mustered only 145 runs from 8 innings. DD though
managed to enter the semis. After two more years at the Delhi franchise, Karthik
made the move to Kings XI Punjab for the 2011 edition.

A whopping amount of 900,000 USD was paid to bargain the services of Dinesh Karthik
by the Punjab franchise. But 282 runs from 13 innings wasn't enough for Punjab to
make the cut into the play-offs. This led to a transfer for the next season and
Mumbai Indians purchased him for a mind boggling 12.5 crores.

Year 2013 was Dinesh's water-shed year as he smacked 510 runs from 19 innings in
Mumbai's victorious campaign. But even that was not enough for Mumbai to retain
their designated number 3 for that edition.

The next three season saw Dinesh Karthik's shares in IPL scaling a see-saw pattern.
In 2014, DD bought his services for 10.5 crores and 2015 saw RCB pocketing him for
an unreal 12.5 crores. But the runs didn't come that fluently and his stocks fell.
2016 saw him playing for a fourth different team in four years in the form of the
then newly formed Gujarat Lions.

But 2018 bought good news and great form for the Tamil Nadu man as he was chosen to
lead KKR and was bought at 7.4 crores ahead of the 2018 IPL. Karthik took upon the
role of a finisher for his side and did justice to it with some solid scores down
the order.

D Karthik in successful run chases in the 2018 IPL:

35(29)*vs RCB
42(23)*vs RR
23(10) vs RCB - out in the penultimate over
45(18)*vs CSK
41(31)*vs RR
26(22)*vs SRH

However, the finisher didn't do the job in the play-offs and KKR failed to make it
to the final.

World Cup through the years

Dinesh Karthik has been in the Indian ODI circuit since before MS Dhoni. After his
athletic stumping of Michael Vaughan did the rounds of Youtube, Karthik disappeared
from the ODI scene after the arrival of Dhoni, and despite being around for 3 World
Cups (2007, 2011, and 2015), he has never been included in the squad for a World
Cup. In general, it has been the lack of consistency that has slowed him down over
the years. However, in the wake of Dhoni's exclusively sheet-anchor approach over
the last few years, India has needed a pinch-hitter who could start hitting the
ball from ball 1 - enter, Mr. Dinesh Karthik, who has been picked in the Indian
batting order to hit it big in the lower order, along with Hardik Pandya and
provide the Indian total some impetus towards the end of the innings.
Unfortunately, he is unlikely to be in the starting XI, but he would certainly be
experienced enough to take the opportunities when they present themselves, given
that 2019 could possibly be his final World Cup, at the age of 33. In addition, he
is also likely to fill in for MS Dhoni as a substitute wicketkeeper.
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