A spate of injuries to Test regulars and India’s humiliating defeat at Nagpur has seen ODI specialist Suresh Raina getting his big break in the longer format of the game. With the national selectors keen to strengthen the batting line-up, Raina is joined by wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik, who scored two tons in the Duleep Trophy final after getting dropped following the Bangladesh tour.
Karthik’s inclusion means Wriddhiman Saha’s one-Test stint ended without him wearing the keeping gloves. Ironically, he was dropped within hours of playing a fighting knock of 36 from 101 balls where he frustrated the South Africans during their victory march. With the intention of giving skipper MS Dhoni more quality options in the pace department, S Sreesanth gets into the side. This means rookie pacers Abhimanyu Mithun and Sudeep Tyagi — axed from the squad — will have to wait for their chance to get a Test cap.
Source : http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dream-come-true-for-raina-karthik-replaces-saha/577729/
Karthik’s inclusion means Wriddhiman Saha’s one-Test stint ended without him wearing the keeping gloves. Ironically, he was dropped within hours of playing a fighting knock of 36 from 101 balls where he frustrated the South Africans during their victory march. With the intention of giving skipper MS Dhoni more quality options in the pace department, S Sreesanth gets into the side. This means rookie pacers Abhimanyu Mithun and Sudeep Tyagi — axed from the squad — will have to wait for their chance to get a Test cap.
Source : http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dream-come-true-for-raina-karthik-replaces-saha/577729/
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