Dinesh Karthik’s Exclusion A Loss For The Indian Cricket: Gautam Gambhir

Aug 23, 2017 at 1:52 PM

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Dinesh Karthik’s Exclusion A Loss For The Indian Cricket: Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni will be forever etched in golden letters of Indian Cricket for their stupendous performance for the Men in Blue in the 2011 World Cup final against Sri Lanka which helped India lift the coveted title after a gap of 28 years.

Dhoni was the captain of the national team during the prime of Gambhir’s career and many speculations have surfaced that the duo doesn’t share a good bonding with each other.

Now to make matter worse, Gambhir has taken a dig at his onetime captain as he feels that Dhoni can’t be in the team for as long as he wants and despite boasting of a brilliant career in the limited overs format he cannot continue to be a part of the team despite not performing consistently.

Gambhir feels the only way he can keep his place in the side for the 2019 World Cup is consistent performances from now on.

“The only way he can survive till 2019 World Cup is by keep on performing. That should be the criteria for everyone, irrespective of whether he is Dhoni or someone else,” Gambir was quoted by ESPNCricinfo.

“Okay, you have done something in the past but that’s passed. You can’t keep playing till you want to.”

He also expressed his disappointment at the omission of Dinesh Karthik who has performed for the national colors whenever he has been given the opportunity. 

“At the same time I believe someone like Dinesh Karthik has been a massive loss for us because whenever he got an opportunity, he did well. He could have been your backup wicket-keeping option as well, “he said.

Gambhir also feels that Yuvraj was deliberately dropped from the squad and rested for his poor performances of late. But Gambhir also feels that if Yuvraj is in the scheme of things for the 2019 World Cup then he must get more matches.

“I don’t think ‘rest’ is the right word because he (Yuvraj) hasn’t played any cricket for quite a while and he would be wanting to play. If you want to see him at the World Cup, he should be given the maximum opportunity. Because, someone like Yuvraj, you want him in that flow, you want him in that rhythm. You can’t have someone like him playing in one series and resting thereafter.”

“So, I feel that it’s difficult now for Yuvraj to make a comeback. Hopefully, he does because he is one of the greats of the game,” Gambhir concluded.

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