Dinesh Karthik’s role as a finisher for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) could see the 36-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman joining India as Rohit Sharma’s team rebuilds for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. wants.
Former England captain Nick Knight said the same when he commented that he sees a cricketer in Karthik who can act as a finisher in this year’s T20 World Cup if he finishes matches for his Bengaluru franchise in IPL 2022. continues to do.
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In IPL 2022, Karthik has been a key finisher for RCB, scoring 131 runs and averaging the same number of runs with a strike-rate of 218.33, especially in matches against Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals.
Although Bangalore missed the chase against Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs at the DY Patil Stadium on Tuesday, they were still on the verge of suffering 217 runs despite losing eight wickets, thanks to Dinesh Karthik’s 14-ball 34. Played a fast innings. Two fours and three sixes at a strike rate of 242.86.
But Dwayne Bravo’s dismissal in the 18th over effectively sealed the fate of the match for Chennai. Karthik, who has made several comebacks to the Indian team since his debut in 2004, last played international cricket during the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup and was out of the set-up following India’s exit from the semi-finals of the mega event.
“DK is a wonderful fellow. He worked with us during the English summer (India tour of England in 2021). As a person who knows him, I really enjoy feasting and what he is doing When he met him one thing came to him is how much he loves the game. I think he is 36 years old and he is not thinking of retirement. He absolutely loves every minute If he can finish the game like this, there may be a role for him in the World T20,” Knight was quoted as saying by cricket.com.
Knight feels that if CSK had got a lower score, not many would have talked about Sri Lankan off-spinner Mahesh Thekshana’s bowling performance. Picked from Rs 70 lakh in the IPL mega auction in February this year, Tekshana finally got her moment to shine in IPL 2022 by picking 4/33 in her four overs.
Thikshana proved to be a key factor in derailing Bangalore’s 217-run target by dismissing openers Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat in the power-play. He then dismissed Shahbaz Ahmed and Suyash Prabhudesai in the later stages to give Chennai a 23-run victory.
“It was a great night for him. If CSK are blown up to 130, 140 or 150, we won’t talk about Thekshana. The spinners have nothing to take away from, but the mysterious spinners’ dismissal. It is found when the batsmen are coming under pressure on you.
He said, ‘In the last match he bowled four overs without a wicket and today he did not bowl any good or bad. When you don’t have runs on the board, it’s not so straightforward for these guys. Same is the case with Jadeja. It is the state of the game that brings in the spinners a bit more,” observed Knight, who was a former left-handed batsman.
Tekshana’s opening attacks, with left-arm pacer Mukesh Choudhary and skipper Ravindra Jadeja dismissing Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell respectively, meant that Bangalore did not have a strong foundation to successfully chase down 217 on which Knight had a strong belief.
“On the surface like today (Tuesday), I thought the conditions were even. Powerplay was important and one of your top four has to set it up (chasing over 200) and the guys in the middle can pick it up. That was the problem for RCB.”
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