Exactly.
Huh? Give him a thought guys, the guy's been playing non-stop cricket, both test cricket and one day for 18 months, ever since world cup 07. None in World cricket, according to Cricinfo had to bear such a load for such a long time, don't forget that he led the one day side to Australia and SA for the twenty twenty also. In an age, where players like Tait etc, claim break down just because of pressure, and hardly any international cricket, this guy has been playing in a gruelling schedule under the highest pressure imaginable in international cricket. And he wisely chose himself rest from the test series because he knew he'll be missed relatively least there, due to presence of the big 4 and him not been captain. And he needed to come back refreshed for the one day game, the champions trophy (at that point a surety) and the most important Australian series, followed by England series. This was the right time to take a break, as he would be assured of back up in batting by the seniors. Who knows whether the seniors would be there for the remainin series?
You make some valid points but as seen by the performances of the keepers who took his place it was proven that it was the wrong time for Team India for him to take a break, he was missed a great deal. He could have rested up during the one day series which was on after the Test Series.
He was the CAPTAIN of the One Day series. And perhaps the MOST IMPORTANT player in the one day side perhaps only next to Tendulkar. He has more responsibility in the ODI side as compared to the Test side atm. As far as tests are concerned, his role is limited to being a keeper who can bat reasonably well. And he should have thought, "Well, there are two guys with International experience out there waiting for a chance, so let me take some rest, as well give them a chance". I think that's the best decision he could have taken. Besides, a Karthik or a Parthiv in an ODI side? As an afterthought, esp without Tendulkar and Sehwag, and the way Dhoni played and captained, we'd been whitewashed 5-0.
...Why? Dhoni is a lot more valuble in odi's than he is in tests. In tests he is an average batsman and isn't captain, where as in ODi's he's captain, great batsman and keeper. He is a lot more valuble to India in the odi's than tests so I don't see what the big deal is if he misses out in tests so he can be ready for the odi's
Only if that idiot Yuvraj had shown some willingness to take some responsibilty. Instead the BCCI is pampering "the find since Sachin" with crores for doing pyrotechnics in 20-20.
[B]Player Inns NO 50s 100s HS Runs Avg Ca St[/B]
Mohammad Kaif 7 2 1 1 *148 317 63.40 2 0
V Sehwag 36 2 4 4 319 1552 45.65 10 0
S C Ganguly 42 3 9 3 239 1738 44.56 12 0
V V S Laxman 44 7 11 3 *112 1599 43.22 24 0
S R Tendulkar 40 4 8 4 *154 1540 42.78 20 0
R Dravid 55 6 13 3 146 2007 40.96 46 0
G Gambhir 8 0 3 0 74 318 39.75 5 0
W Jaffer 45 1 8 5 212 1683 38.25 15 0
K K D Karthik 21 1 6 1 129 722 36.10 17 1
I K Pathan 16 3 1 1 102 454 34.92 2 0
Yuvraj Singh 19 1 0 2 169 555 30.83 13 0
M S Dhoni 41 4 8 0 92 1121 30.30 58 12I think you've answered your own question. He's more valuable in ODI's then Test that's true, so why on earth would you make a player who is so vital to the team's fortunes in ODI/Twenty20, that he should be the captain for the Test side?
Im not quite sure what your trying to say here. Are you saying that because he's so good in Odi's it means that he should be captain for tests as well?
[B]Player Inns NO 50s 100s HS Runs Avg Ca St[/B]
K C Sangakkara 43 4 8 9 287 2658 68.15 34 2
M J Prior 17 3 4 1 *126 562 40.14 28 0
Kamran Akmal 34 4 7 3 119 1169 38.97 62 7
K K D Karthik 21 1 6 1 129 722 36.1 17 1
M S Dhoni 47 5 9 1 148 1418 33.76 68 14
M V Boucher 52 6 10 0 85 1351 29.37 118 6
B B McCullum 30 1 5 0 97 804 27.72 59 2
Sorry it was worded clearly at all.
Rather than about performance, it is to avoid creation of two power centres. With the phasing out of Kumble, and the big 4, the test side would look more or less like the present one day side. And it would need a captain. Other than Dhoni, only Sehwag looks fit for the post, however, it will not look good if Sehwag captains Dhoni in test side, and Dhoni captains Sehwag in the one days.
How would anyone [except may be Nostradamus] have guessed that Karthik was going to perform so badly? infact, it was a good opportunity for Karthik to shine