Former India batsman and first ICC T20 World Cup winner Yuvraj Singh feels that Dinesh Karthik should not be part of the Indian squad if he is not in the playing XI.
Yuvraj Singh recently took part in an interview with the International Cricket Council (ICC) where he shed light on India’s chances and squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup. The former left-handed batsman also spoke about the one player who will have the onus of scoring a lot of runs for India and also spoke at length about the future of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
What did Yuvraj Singh say about Dinesh Karthik?
Yuvraj Singh was also asked about the wicket-keeper he would like to see in the 2024 T20 World Cup in USA and West Indies. He was asked whether Dinesh Karthik would make the cut or not. At the moment, Karthik is in top form and there are calls to include him in the T20 World Cup squad immediately.
These calls increased after Dinesh Karthik hit 83 off 34 balls Sunrisers Hyderabad recently at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. However, his former India teammate Yuvraj Singh feels that there is no point in including him in the 15-member squad if he cannot play the matches.
Yuvraj Singh claimed that the Indian selection committee should rather include in-form wicketkeepers like Sanju Samson and Rishabh Pant. Yuvraj argued that Dinesh Karthik didn’t get many opportunities to play in the last edition in 2022 and that he would like to see him in the squad only if he played for India.
“DK batted well but the thing about DK is that the last time (2022) when they picked him and the T20 World Cup was going on, he couldn’t play. If DK isn’t in your XI, I don’t think that’s the case.” There’s every point in picking him. There’s Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson and both guys are in great form and obviously younger.”
“I would like to see DK in the mix but if he doesn’t play then you would rather have someone younger who can make a difference,” Yuvraj Singh told the ICC.
ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Schedule
| Events | matches | groups | Venues |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 1st, Saturday | USA vs. Canada | Group A | Dallas |
| June 2nd, Sunday | West Indies vs Papua New Guinea | Group C | Guyana |
| June 2nd, Sunday | Namibia versus Oman | Group B | Barbados |
| June 3rd, Monday | Sri Lanka vs South Africa | Group D | new York |
| June 3rd, Monday | Afghanistan versus Uganda | Group C | Guyana |
| June 4th, Tuesday | England versus Scotland | Group B | Barbados |
| June 4th, Tuesday | Netherlands vs Nepal | Group D | Dallas |
| June 5th, Wednesday | India vs Ireland | Group A | new York |
| June 5th, Wednesday | Papua New Guinea vs Uganda | Group C | Guyana |
| June 5th, Wednesday | Australia vs Oman | Group B | Barbados |
| June 6th, Thursday | USA vs Pakistan | Group A | Dallas |
| June 6th, Thursday | Namibia versus Scotland | Group B | Barbados |
| June 7th, Friday | Canada vs Ireland | Group A | new York |
| June 7th, Friday | New Zealand versus Afghanistan | Group C | Guyana |
| June 7th, Friday | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh | Group D | Dallas |
| June 8th, Saturday | Netherlands vs South Africa | Group D | new York |
| June 8th, Saturday | Australia vs England | Group B | Barbados |
| June 8th, Saturday | West Indies vs Uganda | Group C | Guyana |
| June 9th, Sunday | India vs Pakistan | Group A | new York |
| June 9th, 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 13th, Thursday | England vs Oman | Group B | Antigua and Barbuda |
| June 13th, Thursday | Bangladesh vs Netherlands | Group D | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| June 13th, Thursday | Afghanistan versus Papua New Guinea | Group C | Trinidad and Tobago |
| June 14th, Friday | USA vs. Ireland | Group A | Lauderhill |
| June 14th, Friday | South Africa vs Nepal | Group D | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| June 14th, Friday | New Zealand vs Uganda | Group C | Trinidad and Tobago |
| June 15, Saturday | India vs Canada | Group A | Lauderhill |
| June 15, Saturday | Namibia versus 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 17th, Monday | New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea | Group C | Trinidad and Tobago |
| June 17th, Monday | West Indies versus Afghanistan | Group C | Saint Lucia |
| June 19, Wednesday | A2 against 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 against D2 | Group 1 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| June 21, Friday | B1 against D1 | Group 2 | Saint Lucia |
| June 21, Friday | A2 vs C2 | Group 2 | Barbados |
| June 22nd, Saturday | A1 against D2 | Group 1 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| June 22nd, Saturday | C1 vs B2 | Group 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| June 23rd, Sunday | A2 vs B1 | Group 2 | Barbados |
| June 23rd, Sunday | C2 against D1 | Group 2 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| June 24th, Monday | B2 vs A1 | Group 1 | Saint Lucia |
| June 24th, Monday | C1 against D1 | Group 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| June 26, Wednesday | Still open | Semi-final 1 | Guyana |
| June 27th, Thursday | Still open | Semi-final 2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| June 29, Saturday | Still open | final | Barbados |