Dinesh is pictured above during his splendid knock of 91 in India's 1st
innings of the 3rd Test against England at The Oval in August 2007.
Karthik's efforts helped the Indians run up a massive 1st innings score
of 664 but the match was to finish in a draw thanks to a gritty
performance from England in their 2nd innings.
It was India who took the
honours, though, courtesy of their victory in the 2nd Test at Trent
Bridge, thus securing only the third ever series win in England in their
history, the previous successes coming in 1971 & 1986. Karthik had
been expected to be a weak link in the India line-up given that he found
himself in the unusual position of opening the batting but his 6
innings produced 263 runs at an impressive average of 43.83.
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Date |
Test |
Venue |
Opp. |
1st |
2nd |
Ct |
St |
Result |
| + |
03/11/04 |
4 |
Bombay |
Aus |
10 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
won by 13 runs |
| + |
20/11/04 |
1 |
Kanpur |
SA |
1 |
dnb |
3 |
0 |
Match Drawn |
| + |
28/11/04 |
2 |
Calcutta |
SA |
46 |
dnb |
6 |
0 |
won by 8 wickets |
| + |
10/12/04 |
1 |
Dhaka |
Ban |
25 |
dnb |
4 |
0 |
won by an inns & 140 runs |
| + |
17/12/04 |
2 |
Chittagong |
Ban |
11 |
dnb |
3 |
1 |
won by an inns & 83 runs |
| + |
08/03/05 |
1 |
Mohali |
Pak |
6 |
dnb |
3 |
0 |
Match Drawn |
| + |
16/03/05 |
2 |
Calcutta |
Pak |
28 |
93 |
1 |
1 |
won by 195 runs |
| + |
24/03/05 |
3 |
Bangalore |
Pak |
10 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
lost by 168 runs |
| + |
13/09/05 |
1 |
Bulawayo |
Zim |
1 |
dnb |
2 |
0 |
won by an inns & 90 runs |
| + |
20/09/05 |
2 |
Harare |
Zim |
1 |
dnb |
4 |
0 |
won by 10 wickets |
| + |
02/01/07 |
3 |
Cape Town |
SA |
63 |
38* |
5 |
0 |
lost by 5 wickets |
| |
18/05/07 |
1 |
Chittagong |
BD |
56 |
22 |
1 |
0 |
Match Drawn |
| |
25/05/07 |
2 |
Dhaka |
BD |
129 |
dnb |
1 |
0 |
won by an innings & 239 runs |
| |
19/07/07 |
1 |
Lord's |
Eng |
5 |
60 |
0 |
0 |
Match Drawn |
| |
27/07/07 |
2 |
Nottingham |
Eng |
77 |
22 |
2 |
0 |
won by 7 wickets |
| |
09/08/07 |
3 |
The Oval |
Eng |
91 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
Match Drawn |
| |
22/11/07 |
1 |
Delhi |
Pak |
9 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
won by 6 wickets |
| |
30/11/07 |
2 |
Calcutta |
Pak |
1 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
Match Drawn |
| + |
08/12/07 |
3 |
Bangalore |
Pak |
24 |
52 |
2 |
1 |
Match Drawn |
| + |
23/07/08 |
1 |
Colombo |
SL |
9 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
lost by an inns & 239 runs |
| + |
31/07/08 |
2 |
Galle |
SL |
7 |
20 |
2 |
0 |
won by 170 runs |
| + |
26/03/09 |
2 |
Napier |
NZ |
6 |
dnb |
1 |
0 |
Match Drawn |
| + |
17/01/10 |
1 |
Chittagong |
Ban |
0 |
27 |
4 |
0 |
won by 113 runs |
It was then eight years before he played his next Test match, the 2018 series in England.
Those games have their own page.
Summary of all matches
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100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
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St |
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