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#2 Dinesh Karthik
The Tamil Nadu talent Dinesh Karthik spent most of his cricketing abilities in the sidelines, courtesy of MS Dhoni. It is a huge misfortune that Karthik chose to be a wicket-keeper in the era of the World Cup-winning captain and the era's best international wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
However, Karthik's good fortune seemed to start as he played a match-winning knock at the Nidahas Trophy finals against Bangladesh. He became a sensation due to his 29* runs from just 8 balls. He was picked by the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise as a result. Karthik was even made the captain of the side.
Team India started giving him opportunities in the playing XI to prove himself ahead of World Cup 2019. Just like one match made him a sensation another match hurt his reputation.
The final T20I match in India's tour of New Zeland 2019 put Dinesh Karthik in a very unfortunate situation. With Dinesh Karthik and Krunal Pandya in the crease, the team needed 16 runs off the final over. Karthik refused to give a single to Krunal in that over with the hope of repeating Nidahas. His overconfidence did not pay him dividends as India lost the match.
After the match, Karthik got excluded from India's ODI squad against Australia. With fewer hopes of entering the World Cup, the KKR captain will lead his side. Let us hope that he puts a solid case for World Cup selection through his leadership and batting.
