Dinesh Karthik - Indian Cricketer :: Promising Youngster

Dinesh Karthik is a wicketkeeper-batsman in the Indian cricket team. He was a batsman in his junior career, but turned to wicket-keeping in order to improve his future prospects. Making his international debut in late 2004 in both ODI and Test cricket, he was the regular wicket-keeper in Tests, making rare appearances in ODIs.

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Dinesh Karthik - Indian Cricket Player

Dinesh Karthik Aliases (Nicknames & Misspelled names): Kartik, Dinesh

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Birth Name	Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik
Date of Birth	June 1st, 1985
Nationality	Indian
Height	5'7"
Sex	Male
Birth Place	Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Languages	English, Hindi, Tamil
Education	Has done his primary education in Kuwait
Father	Krishna Kumar (first-division cricket player from Chennai, India and now Settled in Bahrain)
Mother	Padmini(Settled in Bahrain)
Wife	Nikita Vanjara

Dinesh Karthik Brief Biodata:

Dinesh Karthik is a young and agile wicket-keeper from Tamil Nadu, India. Karthik is also an excellent batsman and has shown his ability to attack under pressure, and improvised on it

Dinesh Karthik Career Graph:

Karthik was selected for his first Indian squad in August 2004 for the ODI team. He played in only one match against the England at Lord's, where he got out after scoring one run. He played another match in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy against Kenya, taking three catches as India persisted with Dravid's wicket-keeping for the majority of the English tour. He was subsequently replaced in the ODI team by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and did not play another ODI until April 2006.

Karthik made his Test debut in the 4th Test between Australia and India in Mumbai, when Parthiv Patel was dropped following a poor run of form. He only managed 14 in two innings and two catches. But, after failing to perform with the bat twice against Zimbabwe, he was ousted by Mahendra Singh Dhoni from the Test wicket-keeping position in December 2005 following Dhoni's prolific run-scoring in the one day format of the game.

In April 2006, Karthik's career was revived when he was recalled to the ODI team by selectors to give Dhoni a rest and was reinstated as the reserve wicketkeeper for the tour to the West Indies.

This became semi-permanent in late 2006 for the ODI tour of South Africa, after Yuvraj Singh was sidelined with a knee injury, and Karthik was given a spot purely as a batsman following the poor form of Suresh Raina and Mohammad Kaif. That was the real beginning for Karthik. He showed the technique and composure of a matured batsman in the only few opportunities he got. Now, Karthik is full a time test opening batsman for India. And known for his consistent performance, he got a great success against South Africa, Banglasesh & England. He is also solid middle order batsman in ODI. He is an excellent fielder and very agile on the field.

Dinesh Karthik Professional Facts:

Major Teams Represented	India
	India A
	India Under-19s
	Tamil Nadu
	Indian Board President's XI
Batting Style	Right-hand bat
Fielding Position	Wicketkeeper
Twenty20 Debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg - Dec 1, 2006
Test Cricket Debut	India v Australia at Mumbai - Nov 3-5, 2004
ODI Cricket Debut	England v India at Lord's - Sep 5, 2004