India are set to host Afghanistan in one-off Test from June 14 in Bengaluru and wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has described Afghanistan\u2019s cricketing journey as a \u201cbeautiful\u201d one. The Test would also mark Afghanistan\u2019s debut in the longer format. While Karthik hailed Afghanistan\u2019s journey, he also gave a fitting reply to Afghan skipper Asghar Stanikzai\u2019s comments. Stanikzai had earlier said that his side has got better spin attack than India\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Commenting on this, Karthik insisted that the Indian spinners are much more experience both at the international and domestic level.<\/p>\n
\u201cClearly all their spinners put together wouldn\u2019t have played that many matches that Kuldeep Yadav would have played in four-day cricket,\u201d Karthik said ahead of the historic one-off Test against Afghanistan starting Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what the person had said but you have got to understand that we have got a lot of experience, not only in Test match cricket but a lot of domestic cricket, a lot of four-day matches,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cExperience at the end of the day has a lot of value as you saw with CSK in IPL. I am very sure that they would be better bowlers by the start of the next Test match than what they are now,\u201d Karthik said.<\/p>\n
Karthik appreciated the way Afghanistan have faired in limited overs cricket. They recently defeated Bangladesh in a three-match T20I series in Dehradun and the wicket-keeper batsman did credit them for the successful campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe kind of improvement they have shown in white ball cricket has been phenomenal. There is no reason why they can\u2019t do it in red ball cricket. But I would say our spinners have a lot of experience and I would say experience can\u2019t be easily bought. I am sure their players will also vouch for that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh it\u2019s a beautiful journey isn\u2019t it. It\u2019s been a highlight for ICC to have a Test nation in Afghanistan. Not many people knew Afghanistan played cricket. We all know what a tough place it is and the kind of turmoil they go through and despite that, they are able to inspire people with their performances,\u201d the 33-year-old Tamil Nadu stumper said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to give them credit. They are trying to beat all the odds with little infrastructure that they have got. I hope they get to play a lot of Test cricket. In two years, they have had household names . Not only are they competing in shorter formats but are also winning series .\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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