When will we stop selecting Dinesh Karthik as a pure batsman?

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[Global.Baba]

Least of our problems

 

DK> Dhoni+Pandya+Jadeja

 

atleast he is getting higher 30s these days and say what you want he is a choker/mental midget but he is not a selfish batsman

 

MSK Prasad Sir is visionary

Edited September 25, 2018 by Global.Baba

[Jimmy Cliff]

When we stop picking Dhoni as a pure keeper .

[R.D forever]

Pick someone your own size. Poor Guy TBF he has done pretty well after the comeback.  

[prasen82]

He has done well in the opportunities he has got. Today also he was not out . He is one of the more technically equipped batsman. Dhoni needs to go. 

 

 

[Vilander]

Was not out today and was on track to getting the team home. Dumb decisions happen. And klr to be blamed for loss of review.

[diga]

To the OPs question: Whenever MSD retires, we will stop selecting DK as a pure batsman

[SK_IH]

I don't subscribe to such inane theories of DK being played to make Dhoni look good because DK has looked better than MSD lol

[Global.Baba]

11 minutes ago, diga said:

To the OPs question: Whenever MSD retires, we will stop selecting DK as a pure batsman

But then we have to start worrying about DK’s retirement. Anyway that is more of a future problem

[Number]

Punjab WK Uday Kaul was averaging 50+ in both FC and LA at one point after 5 seasons in 2011. His list A s/r too was impressive around 80.

Similar case was of CM Gautham of K'taka.

Still our selectors kept recycling Parthiv and Karthik whenever Dhoni was rested.

Even for India A tours Naman Ojha was preferred who was as old as Dhoni. 

I know why ? Do you ?

[Sonix768]

Till Dhoni is there, DK should be used only in backup plans in ODIs, that too a no.6  batsman or finisher or reserve keeper. He doesnt cut out for a proper middle order bat in ODIs.Guy struggling to score a fifty, let alone a hundred, cant be playing at Top 5. Since no 6 is currently taken up by Jadav(whom im not yet convinced fully as his bowling would be smashed in England) and 7 by Pandya/Jadeja type all rounders, there is simply no place for him in the starting 11.

 

Ideally Rahul should play in place of him,esp in the finals. However, since he averaging around 50 since his comeback and our team managaement would ve impressed by such number, may be he will be retained in the starting 11 at least till WI series I suppose.

[prasen82]

2 minutes ago, Sonix768 said:

Till Dhoni is there, DK should be used only in backup plans in ODIs, that too a no.6  batsman or finisher or reserve keeper. He doesnt cut out for a proper middle order bat in ODIs.Guy struggling to score a fifty, let alone a hundred, cant be playing at Top 5. Since no 6 is currently taken up by Jadav(whom im not yet convinced fully as his bowling would be smashed in England) and 7 by Pandya/Jadeja type all rounders, there is simply no place for him in the starting 11.

 

Ideally Rahul should play in place of him,esp in the finals. However, since he averaging around 50 since his comeback and our team managaement would ve impressed by such number, may be he will be retained in the starting 11 at least till WI series I suppose.

Did you see his dismissal today. Boy! That was a howler ...let's not be super prejudiced. He did play well and would have got us home . The hate for DK is unbelievable.