Playing to keep
Dinesh Karthik, the Indian wicketkeeper, who is part of the India A squad for the A Team Triangular series, is trying to make his way back in to the national side after a disappointing tour of Sri Lanka
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
Dinesh Karthik, the Indian wicketkeeper, who is part of the India A squad for the A Team Triangular series, is trying to make his way back in to the national side after a disappointing tour of Sri Lanka. He talks to Indian Express' Devendra Pandey on what went wrong and what he plans for the future.
Is it because of lack of runs that you can't concentrate on your keeping or is it the other way round?
I don’t think there is any relation between wicketkeeping and batting. When I keep wickets I only concentrate on my collection and when I bat, the focus is entirely on playing a long innings and scoring runs.
Your keeping came under the scanner in the Sri Lanka Test series.
I agree and I also know that people might have different opinions over that but you can’t stop them. I realise that I failed to keep well against Kumble on a couple of occasions but such things happen.
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo