IPL 2021: Ranking wicketkeepers of all 8 teams ahead of the season
A good wicketkeeper has the ability to change the course of a match.
4. Dinesh Karthik (KKR)
He has truckloads of experience in IPL cricket. Dinesh Karthik is a seasoned professional both with the bat as well as behind the stumps in the IPL. The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) veteran is the second wicketkeeper (apart from MS Dhoni) who has dismissed more than 100 batsmen in the IPL.
Karthik has kept wickets in a colossal 180 innings and has dismissed 140 batsmen with his gloves behind the stumps. While he has taken 110 catches, he has also caught 30 batsmen outside the crease as well. With the bat too, Karthik has aggregated some impressive numbers. The Kolkata keeper has scored close to 4000 (3823) IPL runs and has scored them at an average of 26.01.
In the previous IPL edition, Karthik produced an ordinary performance with the bat, where he aggregated just 169 runs. While his keeping skills were satisfactory last year in the UAE, Karthik will be hoping that he can match his keeping ability with runs with the bat as well.
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