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Full name Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik
Born June 1, 1985, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Current age 23 years 135 days
Major teams India,Delhi Daredevils,India A,India Blue,India Under-19s,Indian Board President's XI,Tamil Nadu
Also known as Dinesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
34
1
967
129
29.30
1924
50.25
1
7
127
4
46
5
ODIs
26
20
5
330
63
22.00
473
69.76
0
2
30
2
23
2
T20Is
6
5
1
67
31*
16.75
58
115.51
0
0
9
1
3
2
First-class
59
95
5
2825
134
31.38
4
19
157
15
List A
80
67
7
1593
116*
26.55
1
9
78
17
Twenty20
29
22
5
365
56*
21.47
297
122.89
0
1
39
8
20
9
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
26
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T20Is
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
59
30
28
0
-
-
-
5.60
-
0
0
0
List A
80
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
29
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Australia at Mumbai, Nov 3-5, 2004 scorecard
Last Test
Sri Lanka v India at Galle, Jul 31-Aug 3, 2008 scorecard
India v Australia at Mumbai, Oct 17, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2002/03
Last First-class
Sri Lanka v India at Galle, Jul 31-Aug 3, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
India A v Australia A at Chennai, Sep 26, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai, May 30, 2008 scorecard
Profile
It took just one season for Dinesh Karthik to be transformed from an obscure second-choice wicketkeeper for Tamil Nadu to a serious contender for a berth in the Indian squad. Karthik may be a cherub-faced, shy boy off the field, but he has shown his ability to attack under pressure, and improvise, on it. As a 17-year-old playing his first season in 2002, he showed glimpses of his batting talent but his wicketkeeping wasn't up to scratch, resulting in him being dropped for the Ranji Trophy knockout matches. However, his impressive showing in the Under-19 World Cup in Dhaka - including a whirlwind 70 in a must-win game against Sri Lanka - two vital hundreds in the Ranji Trophy knock-out and an improved showing behind the stumps resulted in him emerging as a contender for the national squad. He was picked in the Indian one-day squad, as replacement for Parthiv Patel, in August 2004, and made his debut in a NatWest Challenge game against England where he pulled off a superb stumping. Shortly afterwards, he was called up to make his Test debut against Australia in the fourth Test at Mumbai. After managing just one fifty in ten Tests, he was axed in favour of the flamboyant Mahendra Singh Dhoni but he returned for India's tour to South Africa towards the end of 2006. He cemented his place in both Tests and ODIs and was chosen for the Bangladesh tour, India's first assignment after the forgettable World Cup, as a specialist Test opener. He scored his maiden Test ton in the second Test at Dhaka.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan May 2007
