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

#1 Fitness

Dinesh Karthik’s addition to the playing XI would be an asset to the Indian fielding department

During the IPL, Yuvraj Singh could not play to the best of his abilities as he had to deal with injuries at certain junctures during the tournament. Following the tournament, Yuvraj was hit with a bout of illness which ruled him out of the first Champions Trophy warm-up match against New Zealand. He was deemed fit to play the tournament later but did not feature in the second warm-up match against Bangladesh.

Even though he has passed his fitness tests, age is not on Yuvraj’s side and he is not the same agile fielder he once used to be.

Dinesh Karthik on the other hand, has been in good health and was quite agile on the field yesterday against Bangladesh, taking a brilliant catch to dismiss Mahmudullah. Hence, fitness would turn out to be a determining factor as to whom to chose between Yuvraj and Karthik when India begin their title defence against Pakistan.