#3 Dinesh Karthik puts pressure on Yuvraj
Dinesh Karthik was a last minute addition to the Indian Champions Trophy squad as a replacement for the injured Manish Pandey. The wicket-keeper batsman was in fine nick in the domestic One Day tournaments and carried that form into the IPL where he capitalised on the opportunities available to him.
Having won a place in the Champions Trophy squad, Karthik needed a solid performance in the warm-up games to push Yuvraj Singh or Kedhar Jadhav for a place in the eleven. Yuvraj's injury aided him to bat at 4 here against Bangladesh and the diminutive batsman smashed a brilliant 94 off 77 balls before retiring out to give chance to the other batsmen.
Karthik's show seems to have impressed the Indian management who did not even wait till he smacked the hundred to pull him in.
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