Dinesh Karthik is the longest surviving member of the team who made debut in 2004

[rageaddict]

Can you believe this guy is the longest surviving member of the team who made his debut all the way back in 2004 ? He made his debut against Australia in final test at Mumbai where Michael Clark took 6/9 and India won by a very small margin. 

 

This guy has been around forever playing against and with the likes of Langer, Ponting,  Hayden,  Martyn, Clarke,   Gilchrist,  Gillespie,  Mc Grath , Kasprowicz and Indian Legends like Sachin, Saurav,  Sehwag,  Rahul, Lax, Kumble .

 

He got bowled to Mohammed Sami during chase of  the infamous loss to Pakistan in 2005  Bangalore Test  and had a semi decent outing during India's series win in England 2007 where he played as an opener.

 

Most other members of the current Indian team are junior to him by a good 7-10 years. 

 

Debut year of the current Indian Team:

 

Vijay         : 2008

Dhawan   : 2013

Rahul       : 2014

Kohli         : 2011

Rahane     : 2013

Karthik      : 2004

Pandya     :  2017

Ashwin     :  2011

Shami       :  2013

Ishant      :   2007

Umesh     :  2011

 

Karthik,  Ishant and Vijay are the seniormost members of the side .

 

Right from the time of his debut to every occasion he has made a comeback,  some fans always hope that Karthik will finally fulfil his potential but it always ends in failure. I have never understood the hype about him and always felt that his midget frame and body language never inspired any confidence. 

 

Sala even I was a teenager when he made his debut during the Cricket Crazy era and feel old these days while this guy is still around,  keeps getting chances and  failing

 

He is still not 35 years old yet and could be around for a few more years.

[rkt.india]

DK and Dhawan are both from 2004 u19 side. Raina as well. RP is practically retired. Ambati Rayudu was the captain. Uthappa is another one who played for India.

[Sgattick10]

How old is DK?

[Jimmy Cliff]

33 minutes ago, Pace90 said:

He is India's Mohammad Hafeez. Never good enough to consolidate his place in team but somehow manage to linger on .

Please avoid using this. It's a trigger word for some of us these days.