Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has urged the team management to persist with Dinesh Karthik for the third Test at Trent Bridge, despite the wicketkeeper-batsman failing with the bat in all the four innings that he has played in the series so far.
So far, Karthik hasn’t done himself any favours in England as he has scores of 0, 20, 1 & 0 in the four innings that he has played.
“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 amount of comebacks he’s made but those conditions are tough,” Gambhir said.
“If you don’t give him an opportunity in the next Test match or one more after that, we might never see him again. Rishabh can wait. He has a lot of years ahead of him. Because six innings, to be honest, can give you a better idea where the batter is,” he added.
