Who Should Rohit and Dravid Trust For T20 WC Semis Against England: Rishabh Pant Or Dinesh Karthik?

Dinesh Karthik, who made a remarkable comeback to the Indian team at the age of 37, was given the task of being the finisher.
However, Karthik not only failed to deliver with the bat, but the veteran cricketer also squandered numerous opportunities behind the stumps, missing stumpings and catches.
Karthik entered the batting order with India needing 16 off five, and despite Virat Kohli scoring the majority of the runs to reduce the equation to two off two, the 37-year-old bottled it up and nearly cost India the game.
Karthik was run out for seven against Bangladesh in the following match. He batted in the eighth over against South Africa, but only managed six runs off 15 balls. Karthik was dropped from the Indian playing XI after scoring 14 runs in three innings, and Rishabh Pant was given the nod against Zimbabwe.
Pant’s return to the team lasted only four deliveries before he was caught in the deep by Ryan Burl’s incredible catch.The Indian team’s management must now decide who to back to face England in the semi-finals.
Karthik has struggled in all aspects of the game, and Pant should be selected ahead of him for the crucial match. Pant has previously performed well in Australia, and as a left-hander, he provides the Men in Blue with more options with the bat to disrupt the opposition’s plans.
India’s semi-final will be played in Adelaide, where the square boundaries are shorter than at other Australian venues. Rishabh Pant could be used to take on England’s lone frontline spinner, Adil Rashid.
We saw what happened when he faced Mohammad Nawaz in the final over against Pakistan at the MCG. Pant should start for India in the semi-finals ahead of Karthik, but you never know what the current team management will do on the day.