While many consider Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya as the funniest and most entertaining guy in the Indian dressing room, but according to Pandya, the funniest of all is Dinesh Karthik.

As per his recent Twitter post, he expressed that despite having an age gap of 10 years, they have the same mentality and Karthik is definitely the man who can make the Indian players break into a laughter with his sense of humor.

Since making his debut in 2004, Karthik has seen many ups and downs in his career. He was excluded from the side for three years, before but made a comeback to the limited-overs side during the Champions Trophy 2017 and also had a good run in the recently concluded India-New Zealand ODI series, where he scored 105 runs in three innings. 

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For him, the best part of the New Zealand series was that he got to play all three games. He made a promising 37 at number five in opening ODI before making an undefeated 64 at his preferred number four spot in the second game at Pune to help India level the series.

"I don't know if it was my best ODI innings but it surely was an important one, personally as well as for the team," recalled Karthik.

With the ODIs against Sri Lanka coming up next month, Karthik has joined a preparatory camp at the NCA to work more on his fitness and deal with a few niggles at the same time. He doesn't know what lies ahead but remains focused on improving his game with key inputs from coach Shastri as well as veteran Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar.

"In terms of feelers (for the future) from the team management, nothing has been communicated. But regarding my batting, I did have a long chat with Ravi bhai (Shastri).

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"He was happy with my batting against New Zealand but he said there are still areas where I can improve upon, especially maintaining the tempo of the innings since he feels I have all the shots. I agree with him and that is what I would look to do."

On the basis of his current form, many suggested Karthik could be the stable number four batsman India is looking for in ODIs.

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