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Full name Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik
Born June 1, 1985, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Current age 22 years 350 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	19	30	1	931	129	32.10	1869	49.81	1	7	125	2	42	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	57	91	5	2789	134	32.43			4	19			153	15
List A	76	63	7	1533	116*	27.37			1	9			76	16
Twenty20	25	19	4	293	37	19.53	249	117.67	0	0	33	5	18	8

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	57		30	28	0	-	-	-	5.60	-	0	0	0
List A	76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Twenty20	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
Test debut	India v Australia at Mumbai, Nov 3-5, 2004 scorecard
Last Test	India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Dec 8-12, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v India at Lord's, Sep 5, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	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	India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Dec 8-12, 2007 scorecard
List A debut	2002/03
Last List A	Tamil Nadu v Mumbai at Visakhapatnam, Apr 4, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers at Delhi, May 15, 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

Jan 23, 2008

Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Karthik await their turn at the nets
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Jan 12, 2008

Dinesh Karthik plays the ball fine during his 97
© AFP

Jan 10, 2008

Dinesh Karthik hits through the on side
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