3 Reasons why Dinesh Karthik must be chosen ahead of Rishabh Pant 

The Indian team has continued to show its legacy in the limited overs format with their continuous winning streaks in the sport of cricket.

But the main pillar of this team MS Dhoni is all set to hang his boots sooner rather than later. The Indian team management has been finding Dhoni’s replacement and Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant have emerged as the prime candidates.

Rishabh Pant is an aggressive player who can slog right from the first ball. The T20 format of the game can be the best choice for him pertaining to his nature of batting.

However, Dhoni still keeps the wickets for India in the 50 overs format with Rishabh Pant as the second option.

Dinesh Karthik played the recent T20 matches for India as the wicket-keeper along with Rishabh Pant in the team as a batsman. Here are 3 reasons India must continue using Dinesh Karthik as their wicket-keeper-

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#3 More experienced as compared to Rishabh Pant

Dinesh Karthik has more experience as compared to Rishabh Pant

Experience is one of the most important aspects of cricket. With Dhoni retiring soon, Dinesh Karthik must keep the wickets ahead of Rishabh Pant in the one-day format of the game due to his experience.

Dinesh Karthik has more experience as compared to Rishabh Pant, as he has played 86 matches.

From that 86 matches, Karthik has scored 1663 runs along with grabbing 55 catches. He has also done seven stumpings when he kept the wickets.

Mostly these 86 matches were played along with Dhoni, so Karthik got fewer chances to be behind the stumps.

Hence as compared to Pant, Karthik has got more experience and must be given priorities ahead of Pant in ODIs.

#2 Better Wicket-keeping Skills

Dinesh Karthik has great wicket-keeping skills

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has proved himself as the best wicket-keeper on the planet with his mind-boggling wicket-keeping skills.

Till date, no one has ever managed to beat Dhoni when it comes to keeping the wickets. MS Dhoni holds the record of fastest stumping ever in the history of cricket with the timing of 0.09 seconds. It’s even lesser than the blinking of an eye by a normal human being.

Dinesh Karthik is one such guy who has been following Dhoni’s wicket-keeping skills. One such example of it was witnessed during the match between the Kolkata Knightriders and Rajasthan Royals during the Indian Premier League in 2018.

As soon as the skipper of Rajasthan Royals, Ajinkya Rahane placed the ball and tried to steal a cheeky single, Karthik from dived and removed the bails.

Karthik stunned the entire crowd with his skill and proved his worth as India’s best wicket-keeper after MSD.

On the other hand, Rishabh Pant leaked many runs in the form of byes when he kept the wickets in England.

He is more of a batsman who can keep wickets and not a keeper who can bat well. So, Karthik ranks above Pant when it comes to wicket-keeping.

#1 Match winning ability just like MS Dhoni

Dinesh Karthik's last ball six clinched the title of Nidahas Trophy for India

MS Dhoni is known for his match-winning abilities. When it comes to handling the pressure, no one can better the Ranchi boy. MS Dhoni has mastered and redefined the art of remaining calm even in the toughest situation. Dinesh Karthik is just walking in the footsteps of Dhoni.

Karthik proved why he can be the successor to Dhoni during the Nidahas Trophy final in 2018. India and Bangladesh met in the final match of Nidahas Trophy as Sri Lanka got eliminated.

Chasing a stiff target his calm innings under pressure helped India clinch the trophy. Karthik also played a composed innings in the first match against Windies to help India win the match which shows his match-winning abilities.

On the other hand, Pant has been finding it hard to score runs in the middle by staying calm as seen in the first T20i against Windies.

The Delhite also failed to get India over the line in the third T20I, as he lost his wicket playing a shot which was not needed at that moment.