Who said Karthik cannot hit... He has been moulded in ODIs as an ideal no.7 batsmen and he had saved several matches for India along with his peers Dhoni and Yuvraj at no.7... Just becoz of Dravid's stupid experimentation, he was promoted to 1 down and lost his place from ODIs... Otherwise he is very consistent in his usual 6 or 7 down... He is a batsmen who can throttle the innings whenever needed and also steady the innings when required...