Maddy,
Karthik is certainly a better keeper than Dhoni. Dhoni is the best captain India have at present. That's why he is in the team now.
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Maddy,
Karthik is certainly a better keeper than Dhoni. Dhoni is the best captain India have at present. That's why he is in the team now.
Indha thread thirumbavum back to square 1 varama irrundha seri thaan. :lol2:Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
SS,
Puriyalai :confused2: Munnadi idhai patthi diso nadandhudha?
:shock: :handshake: :walkoff:Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
Syed Kirmani openly criticised Dhoni saying that he lacks basics as a wicket keeper. Eppadiyum neenga otthukka poradhilla :)
This is the assesment of Taylor based on promise as youngsters. So, Karthik was ahead of Dhoni a few years back as a keeperQuote:
Originally Posted by bob Taylor
But in my opinion, the truth is that Karthik has regressed as a keeper - he has flashes of brilliance, but equal amount of brittleness. So, he'll come up with the odd flash-looking stumping but equally fail to collect a simple straight ball.
Also, he has been wearing long gloves in the last couple of years and there is a void portion of the gloves strutting out of his fingers. Part of his problem could be that he drops catches because of balls hitting this hollow part of the gloves. I dont know why he is wearing outsized gloves. To help collect the ball better and to avoid byes? If so, he is basically saving on the pennies, and losing out in pounds. Sad, really sad.
IMO and viewing, no. of misses of karthik >> no. of misses by Dhoni........Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
Maddy, avLo simplistic-a dismiss paNNa mudiyadhu. I agree Karthik as he now isnt a better keeper than Dhoni. But basic technique of Karthi is better than Dhoni thambi's. Karthik gets behind the ball - Dhoni doesnt. Dhoni is relatively safe but is unlikely to make the difficult stumpings - but he'll rarely miss teh easy stumpings. This is from a purist's POV. But then practically, unless you have a bowler of the calibre of Murali or Kumble or Warne, you dont need to worry about technique behind the wickets as much as the 'safety' factor.
But if you look at the package Dhoni's relatively safer keeping PLUS explosive batting PLUS Captaincy makes him a way better package than Karthik even if Karthik lives up to his full wicket keeping potential
Where the problem comes is when Dhoni fails to live up to his batting potential...then things even out. This is applicable only if Karthik lives up to his full potential in keeping and corrects the silly technical mistakes - he can start with discarding the oversized gloves - with his basics being strong, he can easily outshine Dhoni as a pure keeper with some effort...
IMO he never has.....ecent IPL too, annan handled murali, jakati pretty well and didnt miss any but karthik was squandering quite a few......ex: his missed catch of nehra.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Plum
let me put u - plum as selector.....forget their people management skills - will u pick dhoni or karthik as a keeper,batsman and keeping in mind their attitude towards game?
I am the Dhoni ya!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MADDY