IND vs BAN: Is Dinesh Karthik Playing Today’s India vs Bangladesh T20 World Cup 2022 Match? Here’s the update

Dinesh Karthik IND vs BAN: India will be taking on Bangladesh in their fourth game of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 scheduled to be hosted at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on 2 November, 2022. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team did not witness the best of fortunes during their most recent game of the competition where they suffered a poor 5-wicket loss at the hands of South Africa. The Men in Blue are currently placed at the second position on the points table in the Group 2 with two impressive wins over Pakistan and Netherlands.

IND vs BAN: Is Dinesh Karthik Playing Today’s India vs Bangladesh T20 World Cup 2022 Match? Here’s the update

During the last game against South Africa in Perth, India’s wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik was forced to leave the field midway through the second innings after he felt some discomfort in his back. Thus, Rishabh Pant donned the wicket-keeping duties during the final few overs. On the eve of the game against Bangladesh, India head coach Rahul Dravid mentioned that they will assess Karthik’s fitness before the match as the right-handed explosive batsman did came out to practice in the indoor nets. Karthik also faced a lot of criticism for his struggling innings of 6 runs off 15 balls in the game against South Africa. In case, Dinesh Karthik is not fit, then Rishabh Pant will be included in the India playing 11 for the first time in this ICC T20 World Cup 2022 on Wednesday.

“This morning Dinesh Karthik has come to practice. We will assess his fitness tomorrow. Our belief is to back the guys,” said India head coach Rahul Dravid during the pre-match press conference.

IND Playing 11

1. KL Rahul
2. Rohit Sharma (C)
3. Virat Kohli
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. Hardik Pandya
6. Dinesh Karthik (wk)
7. Axar Patel
8. Ravichandran Ashwin
9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
10. Mohammed Shami
11. Arshdeep Singh

T20 World Cup 2022 Schedule