ICC Champions Trophy 2017: Five reasons why Dinesh Karthik is the ideal replacement for Manish Pandey

Experience

Karthik was part of CT 2013 campaign

Arguably the biggest advantage of having Dinesh Karthik in the side as a replacement for Manish Pandey is the wealth of experience that he provides. Not that the squad is lacking in it, but in a major tournament, you can certainly use all the help that you get and in that regard, DK is the ideal man in this scenario.

He might have played more IPL matches than games for India, but he has still featured in over 70 ODIs and was even part of the squad during India's Champions Trophy campaign last time around.

The fact that he has played a dozen games in England and has the technique to handle the moving ball as well is an added bonus, especially as he is replacing Pandey, who is not only short on international experience but also on games in England, where conditions will be different.