India wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik still hasn’t given up hopes of playing for the national side. He thinks that he can still do the job as a role of finisher, especially in the T20s.
In an interview with ANI, Dinesh Karthik spoke at length about his ambitions to play for India. Also, he shared his commentary experience with Sky Sports.
Dinesh Karthik scored 376 runs in 7 innings in the last Vijay Hazare Trophy
“It’s about playing the sport, I genuinely harbour the ambition of playing for the country again and I want to do everything possible, that’s my ultimate goal. I train and practice, everything I do right now is working towards that goal. The next three years for me is about playing the sport and everything I can. I enjoy playing the sport,” Dinesh spoke to ANI.
Karthik scored 376 runs in 7 innings in the recently concluded Vijay Hazare Trophy which included a terrific hundred in the final against Himachal Pradesh. Earlier he missed the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy due to injury.
“That’s why I go and play Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Vijay Hazare for Tamil Nadu. The kind of success we have had as a state team has been phenomenal and me being part of that journey is something I thoroughly enjoyed. My main is to play for the country again, especially the T20 format, T20 is something, the fire is still burning brightly,” he added.
He further elaborated that India is still missing a finisher in the last T20 World Cup, one of the main reasons why they were knocked out in the group stage last year.
“Even the last T20 World Cup, one of the main areas is a finisher and that is a role I am looking at very keenly, Over the period of time, the stats and performance show that I have done a decent job in the limited time I have spent in the Indian colors and the franchises I have played for,” he stated.
Karthik also spoke about his commentary experience with Sky Sports last summer. Karthik believes that it helped him improve his game as well.
“Obviously, I have enjoyed the commentary stint, but this is something I want to pursue in a serious fashion when I hang up my boots which I am planning to not do very soon. I think for me, playing the sport is of utmost importance and I want to do that for a bare minimum of three years. Post that, I will decide on taking it up seriously but for the moment, I am happy that people have liked me doing commentary,” He said.
“Obviously, it gives me an option to think about later and it is hard for me to pinpoint why I was liked. At the end of the day, the more people appreciate what you say, it helps you and it gives me good insight into my reading of the game and the way I look at things. I am happy it is showing on my cricket as well,” he added.
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