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Making his debut in 2004, this talented wicket keeper batsmen has been India’s tinkerman for a long time now. Pushed to open the batting in England, pushed up and down the batting order whenever he got an opportunity, definitely did not allow him to get into any form of rhythm.
Perennially in the shadow of MS Dhoni, Karthik has once again got the opportunity to vindicate an already proven talent. In the second ODI of this series, he joined Shikar Dhawan and produced a sublime 69 which pulled India out of the woods and took the team to a score of 294.
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With the workload on the Indian captain being higher than probably any other cricketer in the world, the time has come for us to have a settled backup wicket keeper permanently in the Indian squad. And that man should be Karthik.
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