Dinesh Karthik says, “I’m not done yet,” sending sturdy message to the selectors: Veteran wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik continues to stay within the limelight within the ongoing version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) following his heroics to seal the sport for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Karthik put up a batting masterclass as he helped his facet, RCB, conquer Rajasthan Royals and win their second recreation of the season.
Advertisements
As regular, following a good begin by the openers, RCB discovered itself amidst bother after just a few fast fall of wickets. RR decreased RCB to 62/4 in 8.5 overs. The recreation appeared to slide away from RCB’s hand and the required run fee started to pile up.
In the meantime, Dinesh Karthik walked into the sector. Notably, Karthik prefers to bat within the remaining overs and does the finisher’s position completely. However, this time round, RCB required a bit of greater than the crowning glory from DK.
The glovesman unleashed all photographs from his armoury and sensibly scored runs towards the likes of R Ashwin, Y Chahal and Trent Boult. He together with Shahbaz Ahmad introduced again the required run fee beneath 9 with their artful photographs.
The recreation took a significant flip when Dinesh Karthik determined to focus on R Ashwin and amassed 21 runs off the 14th over.
Eventually, RCB, owing to the valiant efforts of Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmad, gained the sport by 4 wickets with Harshal Patel smoking the ending six. DK remained unbeaten at 44 off 23 balls. In truth, Dinesh Karthik is but to be dismissed within the ongoing version of the IPL.
Shahbaz Ahmed performed fantastically and scored 45 runs from 26 deliveries with the assistance of 4 fours and three sixes.
ALSO READ: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Hazlewood to be available for RCB in IPL 2022 from April 9
I’m not completed but: Dinesh Karthik
During the post-match presentation ceremony, Karthik opened up that he educated a lot better with RCB.
“I think I made a conscious effort this year to do justice to myself because the last year, I felt I could have done better. The way I trained was much better this time around. Credit to the person who trained with me. I’m making a conscious effort to tell myself that I’m not done yet,” mentioned Karthik on the presentation ceremony.
“When I went in, we needed 12 rpo and had to keep going. I train for these situations. To stay calm and know whom you can take down. I’ve tried to play as much white-ball cricket as possible, and prepare as many scenarios as possible. Lot of people have spent time with me in this journey, leading up to the tournament and it’s the work that goes unnoticed mostly,” he added.
ALSO READ: IPL 2022: Match 14, KKR vs MI Match Prediction – Who will win today’s IPL match between KKR and MI?