England vs India 2018, 3rd Test: 3 mistakes India cannot afford to make

#2 Karthik donning the gloves

Karthik's glove-work has been shoddy

Dinesh Karthik’s time in red ball cricket is a stark contrast to the rich form he was carrying in the shorter formats. To add insult to injury, his glove-work behind the stumps has also been modest at best. He looks uncertain about the spacing between him and the slip fielders and naturally this has translated to dropped chances.

He hasn’t been able to find any answers against the moving ball. He aggregates a paltry 21 runs in the 4 innings that he has played. The Tamil Nadu lad who was highly vocal behind the stumps at the start of the series has slowly lost his voice after the horrors that he has encountered.