2017 ICC Champions Trophy: 5 reasons why Dinesh Karthik deserves to play ahead of Yuvraj Singh

#2 Pitch conditions

Yuvraj Singh is not the best player of swing bowling

Since the pitch conditions in England are more suitable for fast bowlers and India already have two spinners in Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, the addition of Yuvraj as a spinner will be redundant.

Although Yuvraj can play fast bowling well as a batsman, he is not the best player of swing which could be a disadvantage for India and with the likes of Pakistan and South Africa in their group, India need batsmen who are good in playing swing. That’s where Karthik has an edge as he is a good player of both fast and swing bowling.