Dinesh Karthik apologises, adds MS Dhoni at No.7 in his all-time India eleven: 'Bhai log, bada galti hogaya'

Days after omitting MS Dhoni's name from his all-time India eleven, Dinesh Karthik has issued an apology, and said he "genuinely made a mistake', and realised that only after the episode was out.

Fans were in shock after Dinesh Karthik did not name MS Dhoni in his star-studded list of all-time India playing eleven across all formats. In fact, Karthik did not name any specialist wicket-keeper in the lineup, and wondered if everything was good between the former India cricketer and Dhoni. Many guessed that Rahul Dravid would be the one donning the gloves in the absence of a specialist.

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Dinesh Karthik has now revealed that it was just one big mistake and apologised to the fans. He said that Dhoni would not only walk in an Indian team, but any team across the globe. Karthik added Dhoni in his team at number seven, and named him the captain. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was previously holding the number seven spot in Dinesh Karthik's all-time India eleven.

Bhai log. Bada galti hogaya (Guys I made a big mistake.) Genuinely it was a mistake,” Karthik said on Cricbuzz.

”I realized only when the episode came out. There were so many things happening that when I put this 11, I forgot the wicketkeeper. Luckily Rahul Dravid was there and everybody thought I was going with a part-time wicketkeeper. But genuinely I didn’t think Rahul Dravid was a wicketkeeper, Can you believe being a wicketkeeper, I forgot to have a wicketkeeper? It is a blunder,” Karthik clarified.

“And for me, let’s be clear. Thala Dhoni is a lock in any format, not only in India. I feel he is one of the greatest cricketers to have ever played the game. If I had to redo that team, one change I would make is Thala Dhoni in at 7. And he will be the captain of any Indian team that is there,” Karthik added.

Dinesh Karthik's All-Time India XI: Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja (MS Dhoni the new addition), Ravichandran Ashwin, Anil Kumble, Jasprit Bumrah and Zaheer Khan