3 Reasons Why Dinesh Karthik Should Play T20 WC: It is hard to recall an Indian men’s cricketer who has made as many comebacks to the Indian team across formats in his career as Dinesh Karthik has. Interestingly, there is a possibility that Karthik, at the age of 38, may have one more comeback to the national side remaining in him.
The Indian team for the T20 World Cup 2024, which is scheduled for June in the West Indies and USA, is expected to be announced in the first week of May.
Despite no T20Is left to play anymore, India apparently still haven’t finalized their wicketkeeper; the management and the BCCI selectors have awaited the IPL 2024 to pick their choice.
A number of players are in contention for the keeper’s slot: Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Jitesh Sharma, Ishan Kishan, and KL Rahul. Out of nowhere, as he did in 2022, Dinesh Karthik has made a strong case—perhaps the strongest case—to not only be picked in the 15-man squad but fly to the T20 World Cup as India’s first-choice keeper.
3 Reasons Why Dinesh Karthik Should Play T20 WC 2024
India Need a Finisher in the Keeper’s Role
India’s top four is very much settled with Rohit Sharma, Jaiswal/Gill, Virat Kohli, and Suryakumar Yadav. Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja are two of the next three in line. That means that Rinku Singh, who is perhaps India’s best T20 finisher right now, won’t get into the playing XI. That also means that the wicketkeeper India will pick has to be a proper finisher.
Kishan, KL Rahul, and Samson are batting in the top three in the IPL, while Pant is batting at number 5. Karthik, though, is coming in the second half of RCB’s innings and utterly demolishing the bowlers. He is indeed the only proper finisher among the keepers who are in contention for India’s wicketkeeper role.
Terrific Batting Form
No format of cricket rewards momentum as much as T20 cricket does. Karthik has been in sizzling form as a finisher so far in IPL 2024. In 6 innings, he’s scored 143 runs at an average of 74 and a bumper strike rate of 190—a strike rate worthy of a world-class finisher. He’s blasted 11 fours and 11 sixes in the 75 balls he’s faced so far—that is a boundary every 3.4 deliveries.
When a batsman can pick up Jasprit Bumrah’s slower ball and deposit it for a six, you know he’s in his best touch.
A Marauder Against Pacers And Has Innovative Strokes
In the death overs, which are the last four overs in a T20 innings, in the IPL 2024 so far, Karthik has an outrageous strike rate of 240. He’s been able to attain this through a combination of power, timing, and innovative strokes behind the square.
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