A wonderful incident occurred in the match played between India and England (IND vs ENG) at Southampton on Thursday night. Here two players from India and England, who made their debut together 18 years ago, once again came face to face. One player was Dinesh Karthik and the other Alex Wharf. While India’s veteran player Dinesh Karthik was part of the Indian team as the goalkeeper batsman, Alex Wharf’s role was changed, he was facing Dinesh Karthik not as a player but as an umpire.
Dinesh Karthik made his international debut on September 5, 2004. This was the third match of the ODI series against England. Alex made his debut in the first match of this series, that is, on September 1, 2004. In the third match of the series, these two players played together. However, this time when these two collided, Alex’s role had changed.
Dinesh Karthik’s international career spanned a long time and despite being in and out of the squad several times, he is still part of the playing XI. This time due to RCB’s strong hitting in the IPL, he had the opportunity to return to the team for three years. At the same time, Alex’s international career did not last even a year. After making his debut in September 2004, he played his last international match in February 2005. However, there is also a 10-year age difference between Karthik and Alex. While Karthik is 37 years old now, Alex has turned 47. Alex got his chance to debut at the age of 29, while Karthik made his debut at the age of 19.
The first match of the three-match T20 series against England was in the name of India. Batting first, the India team scored 198 runs in this match, in response the English team dropped to just 148 runs.
