KKR captain Dinesh Kartik wants to focus on IPL after WC selection
Updated On: 18 April, 2019 09:04 PM IST | | PTI
Drafted into India's World Cup squad as a back-up skipper, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik feels the focus will be back on IPL now that the selectors have picked the 15-man team for the showpiece event.
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KKR skipper Dinesh Kartik.
Speculations were rife that Karthik's World Cup dreams are over after the selectors dropped him for the five-match ODI series at home against Australia -- India's last assignment before the World Cup.
The MSK Prasad-led selection panel had named Rishabh Pant in the squad for the Australia series, thus hinting that the youngster might be making the cut for the World Cup instead of Karthik.
But with his vast experience, the Tamil Nadu glovesman pipped Pant in the 15-member squad for the World Cup last Monday.
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