Dinesh Karthik’s place in the playing XI looked in danger as he kept wickets in the indoor practice session here on Tuesday but he was not looking completely fit. India’s head coach Rahul Dravid said that the decision to include Karthik in the playing XI will be taken before the match against Bangladesh on Wednesday. In the two matches that Dinesh Karthik has batted so far, he scored another six while suffering a back pain during the match against South Africa in Perth.

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Rishabh Pant did not practice and most of the players who have secured a place in the playing XI also did not come for practice on the eve of the match. Dravid said before practice, ‘He (Karthik) looks in good condition today. It was unfortunate that he got injured while trying to stop the bouncer. We are assessing his injury and after watching the practice session today, we will take a call on him before the match tomorrow.

Dinesh Karthik did not look comfortable while practicing and on some occasions he found it difficult to handle the ball

While practicing wicketkeeping, Dinesh Karthik did not look comfortable and on a few occasions he found it difficult to handle the ball. Dinesh Karthik, who is probably playing his last ICC tournament, was picked in the team as a finisher but he has struggled so far on the fast and bouncy tracks of Australia. Defending him, Dravid said, ‘It is difficult to assess a player like Karthik. He didn’t get a chance to bat a lot. Against Pakistan he played only one ball in the last moments and against the Netherlands he did not get a chance to bat. He played a good partnership with Suryakumar against South Africa.

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Dinesh Karthik’s big contribution was six runs in the 52-run partnership with Suryakumar. During the World Cup, Virat Kohli hardly skips practice sessions and here too he reached for indoor practice session with KL Rahul, Karthik and Ravichandran Ashwin. He batted for a short time but after that kept a close eye on Rahul’s batting. After that he spent enough time with coach Rahul Dravid.