5 different Playing XI combinations India can field in the World Cup 

#5 Playing Dinesh Karthik as a finisher

Karthik has been reasonably successful as a finisher for Team India

One of the biggest decisions that the selectors were supposed to make was whether to go for the young and dynamic Rishabh Pant or the experienced, calm-headed Dinesh Karthik. Karthik got the nod ahead of Pant because of his superior wicketkeeping skills and his ability to bat in pressure situations.

Even though he can bat at any position in the batting order, Karthik has had most of his success batting as a finisher. The Wicketkeeper batsman will be keen to enhance his reputation as that of a finisher in the World Cup.

Moreover, with MS Dhoni finding it difficult to play the role of a finisher, the team management might try Karthik in that role at some point of time in the tournament.

Combination 5: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (C), MS Dhoni (WK), Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah