Parthiv and second best? Come on be fair in reporting. The real person who got relegated was Karthik. Karthik made it to the test and odi team as the best wicket keeper making his debut in both forms a few months before Dhoni 7 years back. Sadly for him Dhoni emerged from the blue suddenly and he got kicked out. Admire Karthik for his grit in converting himself into a batsmen and played for India as a pure batsmen.
But for Dhoni's sudden emergence, Karthik would have stayed on as number one wicket keeper of all the Indian squads for the last seven years.
Parthiv is nowhere in comparison. Being selected on political grounds only.
