T20 World Cup 2024: 'No point in picking Dinesh Karthik...' - Yuvraj Singh names India's wicketkeepers for WC
Updated - 26 Apr 2024, 06:07 PM
Former India batter and inaugural ICC T20 World Cup winner Yuvraj Singh feels Dinesh Karthik should not be a part of the Indian squad if he is not in the playing XI.
Yuvraj Singh recently sat for an interview with the International Cricket Council (ICC) where he shed light on India's chances and squad for the T20 WC 2024. The former left-hand batter also spoke about that one player who will have the onus to score a lot of runs for India and also spoke in depth about Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's future.
What did Yuvraj Singh say about Dinesh Karthik?
Yuvraj Singh was also asked about the wicket-keeper he would like to see in the T20 World Cup 2024 in the USA and West Indies. He was asked if Dinesh Karthik would be able to make the cut or not. At the moment, Karthik is on a red-hot form and calls are being made to include him in the T20 WC squad immediately.
These calls further increased after Dinesh Karthik smacked 83 off 34 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad recently at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium. However, his former India teammate Yuvraj Singh feels that including him in the 15-man squad won't make sense if he doesn't end up playing the matches.
Yuvraj Singh claimed that the Indian selection committee should rather include in-form keepers like Sanju Samson and Rishabh Pant. Yuvraj reasoned that during the last edition in 2022, Dinesh Karthik did not have many chances to play and that he would like to see him in the squad only if he is going to play for India.
"DK has been batting well, but the thing with DK is the last time (2022) they picked him and the T20 WC was on he didn’t get to play. If DK is not in your XI I don’t think there is any point in picking him. There is Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson and both guys are in great form and obviously they are younger."
"I would like to see DK in the mix, but if he is not going to play then you would rather have someone who is younger and can make the difference," Yuvraj Singh told the ICC.
ICC T20 World Cup 2024 schedule
| Dates | Matches | Groups | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 1, Saturday | USA vs Canada | Group A | Dallas |
| June 2, Sunday | West Indies vs Papua New Guinea | Group C | Guyana |
| June 2, Sunday | Namibia vs Oman | Group B | Barbados |
| June 3, Monday | Sri Lanka vs South Africa | Group D | New York |
| June 3, Monday | Afghanistan vs Uganda | Group C | Guyana |
| June 4, Tuesday | England vs Scotland | Group B | Barbados |
| June 4, Tuesday | Netherlands vs Nepal | Group D | Dallas |
| June 5, Wednesday | India vs Ireland | Group A | New York |
| June 5, Wednesday | Papua New Guinea vs Uganda | Group C | Guyana |
| June 5, Wednesday | Australia vs Oman | Group B | Barbados |
| June 6, Thursday | USA vs Pakistan | Group A | Dallas |
| June 6, Thursday | Namibia vs Scotland | Group B | Barbados |
| June 7, Friday | Canada vs Ireland | Group A | New York |
| June 7, Friday | New Zealand vs Afghanistan | Group C | Guyana |
| June 7, Friday | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh | Group D | Dallas |
| June 8, Saturday | Netherlands vs South Africa | Group D | New York |
| June 8, Saturday | Australia vs England | Group B | Barbados |
| June 8, Saturday | West Indies vs Uganda | Group C | Guyana |
| June 9, Sunday | India vs Pakistan | Group A | New York |
| June 9, Sunday | Oman vs Scotland | Group B | Antigua and Barbuda |
| June 10, Monday | South Africa vs Bangladesh | Group D | New York |
| June 11, Tuesday | Pakistan vs Canada | Group A | New York |
| June 11, Tuesday | Sri Lanka vs Nepal | Group D | Lauderhill |
| June 11, Tuesday | Australia vs Namibia | Group B | Antigua and Barbuda |
| June 12, Wednesday | USA vs India | Group A | New York |
| June 12, Wednesday | West Indies vs New Zealand | Group C | Trinidad and Tobago |
| June 13, Thursday | England vs Oman | Group B | Antigua and Barbuda |
| June 13, Thursday | Bangladesh vs Netherlands | Group D | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| June 13, Thursday | Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea | Group C | Trinidad and Tobago |
| June 14, Friday | USA vs Ireland | Group A | Lauderhill |
| June 14, Friday | South Africa vs Nepal | Group D | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| June 14, Friday | New Zealand vs Uganda | Group C | Trinidad and Tobago |
| June 15, Ssturday | India vs Canada | Group A | Lauderhill |
| June 15, Saturday | Namibia vs England | Group B | Antigua and Barbuda |
| June 15, Saturday | Australia vs Scotland | Group B | Saint Lucia |
| June 16, Sunday | Pakistan vs Ireland | Group A | Lauderhill |
| June 16, Sunday | Bangladesh vs Nepal | Group D | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| June 16, Sunday | Sri Lanka vs Netherlands | Group D | Saint Lucia |
| June 17, Monday | New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea | Group C | Trinidad and Tobago |
| June 17, Monday | West Indies vs Afghanistan | Group C | Saint Lucia |
| June 19, Wednesday | A2 vs D1 | Group 2 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| June 19, Wednesday | B1 vs C2 | Group 2 | Saint Lucia |
| June 20, Thursday | C1 vs A1 | Group 1 | Barbados |
| June 20, Thursday | B2 vs D2 | Group 1 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| June 21, Friday | B1 vs D1 | Group 2 | Saint Lucia |
| June 21, Friday | A2 vs C2 | Group 2 | Barbados |
| June 22, Saturday | A1 vs D2 | Group 1 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| June 22, Saturday | C1 vs B2 | Group 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| June 23, Sunday | A2 vs B1 | Group 2 | Barbados |
| June 23, Sunday | C2 vs D1 | Group 2 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| June 24, Monday | B2 vs A1 | Group 1 | Saint Lucia |
| June 24, Monday | C1 vs D1 | Group 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| June 26, Wednesday | TBD | Semi-final 1 | Guyana |
| June 27, Thursday | TBD | Semi-final 2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| June 29, Saturday | TBD | Final | Barbados |
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