Dinesh Karthik - Unimpressed With Star Player's Role
Dinesh Karthik | The competition for places in the Indian cricket team is as fierce as it has always been. Regardless of how many games the Indian team plays these days, there are always newcomers knocking on the senior team's door.
As Team India struggles to find a 'finisher' in T20I cricket, veteran wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has urged team management to promote Deepak Hooda higher in the batting order and give uncapped Jitesh Sharma a chance at No. 6.
Hooda has performed admirably in the Indian Premier League, particularly at Nos. 3 and 4, but in the Indian team, he is still tested as a finisher, at No. 6 or even lower at times. Karthik, who is dissatisfied with the all-role, rounder's believes the team should give him a chance to prove himself at No. 3 before making the decision to move on from him.
"Being consistent is the most difficult thing at 5, 6, 7, especially at 6 and 7. So, even though Deepak Hooda has performed admirably at No. 3, they believe he can succeed at Nos. 6 and 7. I believe this will be a significant challenge for him. With the exception of the Lucknow Super Giants, he has batted through the middle, at No.5 or 6, and has not had much success.
He considers himself a top-tier batter. When he moved from Baroda to Rajasthan, he rediscovered himself. He prefers to bat in the powerplay. He enjoys playing the game. But right now, he did decently well at No.6 in the recently concluded Sri Lanka series, and it was a great opportunity for him," Karthik said in an interview with Harsha Bhogle on Cricbuzz.
Dinesh Karthik believes that youngster Jitesh Sharma would relish the opportunity to play at the No. 6 spot because it is the position where he has groomed himself.
"Jitesh Sharma is an in-house No.6 batsman. He enjoys batting there and would thus enjoy the situation much more. She has batted there and trained herself to do so. But I don't see him in this series. Deepak Hooda is now in charge. "But I believe that if he is under pressure, they should give him that opportunity at No.3 before moving on from him," Dinesh Karthik said.
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