ICC Champions Trophy 2017: 4 lessons learnt by India in the warm-up matches

#2 It is time to give Dinesh Karthik a run

Dinesh Karthik was at his elegant best against Bangladesh

Dinesh Karthik has been in very good form in domestic cricket this season. Despite that, he wasn’t selected in the initial Champions Trophy squad. However, an injury to Manish Pandey saw him being drafted into the squad without any second thought.

Karthik was also a part of the Champions Trophy Squad in the title winning campaign in 2013 but didn’t get much opportunity to prove his mettle four years back. Interestingly he had scored two centuries in the warm-up games ahead of that edition as well. However, even that was not enough to cement a place in the playing XI.

This time he has made another strong case for himself with his beautiful innings of 94 in the game against Bangladesh. He played beautiful shots and anchored the innings very well in the middle overs. He was unlucky to be dismissed for naught in the first warm up game against New Zealand. But proved his mettle in the next game. And, it is high time that India give him a stretched run in this tournament.