5 best performers in the 2016-17 Indian domestic season

Dinesh Karthik

Karthik will surely earn a recall to the national team soon

Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik is the batting mainstay of the Tamil Nadu team that had a very good domestic season under a new coach in Hrishikesh Kanitkar. After getting out to a scoop shot on a green deck in Tamil Nadu’s first match of the season, Karthik was on a mission and piled on the runs.

704 runs in 10 matches at an average of 54.15 in the Ranji Trophy followed by a Bradman-esque run in the List A format puts the right-hander in line for a possible comeback in the Indian squad for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy that begins in June.

The right-hander was miles ahead of the rest in both the List A tournaments, Vijay Hazare trophy and Deodhar trophy, as he scored 854 runs in 12 innings at an average of 85.40 with a strike-rate of 105. If these numbers can’t earn him a place in the national team, then nothing will.