#2 Dinesh Karthik - Kolkata Knight Riders

The captain of the Knight Riders will be taking over the entire team's responsibility as well as the wicket-keeping roles. However, the most important job for him will be to score big runs for the team and, if we looking into his recent form, he has all the capability to do the same.
Karthik has some promising statistics in his career that makes him a worthy player. He has played 18 T20Is and scored 240 runs at an impressive strike rate of 139.53. In his first-class career, he has played 157 matches and scored 9214 runs at an astounding average of 42.07.
Dinesh Karthik gave a few promising performances for the Gujarat Lions in the last season. He scored 361 runs in 14 matches at a phenomenal strike rate of 139.38. Karthik, along with the captaincy, will be looking forward to scoring big runs and take his team to the coveted title for the third time.
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