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Dinesh Karthik To Miss Nottingham Test, Gets Injured
By CricShots - Aug 18, 2018 1:06 pm
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Team India has already been struggling battling with injuries on this trip to the United Kingdom. They’ve been missing their premier bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah in the first couple of Tests. Though nothing can be taken away from the other bowlers like Mohammed Shami and Ishant Sharma who’ve bowled superbly. However, ahead of the third Test, they have faced another blow as Dinesh Karthik has reportedly injured his finger and will miss the must-win game at Trent Bridge.

Dinesh Karthik

The renowned commentator, Harsha Bhogle, while speaking to Cricbuzz, revealed that Karthik has injured his finger probably during the Lord’s Test where a few balls were staying low and he was hit a couple of times. He said, “We are seeing a lot of Rishabh Pant here actually. With Dinesh Karthik, I don’t know if the finger injury is hurting as well. But Pant is looking in the thick of the things.”

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Interestingly, Karthik was missing from the net sessions from the past two days and was seen doing throwdowns after the team reached Trent Bridge on Thursday.

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Rishabh Pant

On the other hand, former Indian skipper Gautam Gambhir feels that Pant has time on his side and he will get enough chances in future to play in the longest format, he said, “There will always be a temptation (to play Pant). I still feel that Karthik is at that stage of his career, it’s now or never. So you got to always give someone an extra Test match than one lesser. People would be expecting for him to deliver with the number of comebacks he’s made but those conditions are tough.”

Earlier, Sourav Ganguly and Dilip Vengsarkar both had advocated for Pant to be included in the playing XI in the third Test.