Dinesh Karthik, a right-hand wicket-keeper batter has always been there, around the Indian cricket team, for the last 18 years. Karthik for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), is currently having his foremost IPL season. He has scored 210 runs at a gigantic strike rate of 205.88 so far in IPL 2022.
In the ongoing season, Karthik has assisted RCB on several occasions, by smashing opponents, as a finisher. A match-winning half-century against Delhi Capitals is the finest from him in the tournament so far. Karthik has been dismissed only once since the tournament started and is attesting himself for the position of middle-lower order batter.
The RCB match-winner, with his composure and experience over the years, can certainly turn the tables around for his national side too. Karthik has disclosed his clear intentions of getting selected for the national side, for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia.
Conferring to a report by InsideSport, Karthik might be considered for the 5-match T20I series against South Africa, slated to be played in June this year. One of the Team India selectors was cited as saying, “The door is open to all who have been consistently performing. We have a few series before the T20 World Cup and if he continues to perform, he will be in consideration.”
He has been fantastic so far – Selector on Dinesh Karthik
The selector also added that if Karthik continues to assert his supremacy in the ongoing IPL, there is no reason that he won’t be selected for the upcoming assignments.
“He has been fantastic so far, no doubt. But he has played just six games and there are 8-10 games left. If he continues to do well, we have the South Africa series just after the IPL. If the team management and other selectors agree, I don’t see a reason why he should not be recalled” the selector added.
Nevertheless, the other contenders Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer, and Rishabh Pant are on the track for the position. Besides, it’s supposed that Pant will be the first-choice wicket-keeper for the Indian team, regardless of his form.
Written by Prachi Pisal
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