India calling Karthik... means cupboard is bare
Updated On: 22 June, 2010 08:21 AM IST | | Trevor Chesterfield
Indian selector's current penchant for favouring failed players as part of their World Cup plans was taken a step further yesterday when Dinesh Karthik was rushed to Sri Lanka as a replacement for the injured Virender Sehwag
Indian selector's current penchant for favouring failed players as part of their World Cup plans was taken a step further yesterday when Dinesh Karthik was rushed to Sri Lanka as a replacement for the injured Virender Sehwag.
Dropped from the Asia Cup squad after a dismal triangular series in Zimbabwe, Karthik, whose 45 ODI games has so far earned him an average of 28.96, with four half-centuries, a top-score of 79 and only 869 runs, explains just how bereft are the selectors in their choice of replacement for the final two games of the 10-day tournament being played here at Rangiri Stadium.
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