An impressive second season at the domestic level saw the team from the union territory make the quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy and narrowly miss out on making it to the knockout phase of the Ranji Trophy.
One of the top performers for Puducherry, KB Arun Karthik, believes the team has what it takes to take their game to the next level. According to him, Puducherry has a lot of good young talent coming through and if not for one bad game against Goa, could have made it to the knockout stage of the Ranji Trophy as well.
Arun Karthik lauded the cricket infrastructure in Puducherry
Arun Karthik also spoke highly about the cricket infrastructure back in Puducherry. The former Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper-batsman believes that the training facilities also played a part in the team’s success at the domestic level.
Arun Karthik also showered special praise on the pitches back home with them assisting pacers with bounce. The former RCB man’s approval of the pitches was backed up by Vinay Kumar’s 45 wickets in the Ranji Trophy.
The former Assam cricketer also opened up on the BCCI’s decision to expand domestic cricket in the country and include teams that earlier did not play tournaments like the Ranji Trophy. While he believes that teams like Puducherry, Bihar and Uttarakhand do have decent teams, the experienced wicketkeeper recognises a gulf between the country’s best and some of the newer teams.
One possible solution to this would be to club the North-Eastern states into a single team, Arun Karthik believes. While the step would serve to provide opportunities to budding cricketers from the region, the former CSK cricketer believes this would help maintain the competitiveness of the tournaments.
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