West Indies vs India: Aakash Chopra lauds Dinesh Karthik for match-winning knock in 1st T20I – He is a special player

Former batter Aakash Chopra lauded Dinesh Karthik for playing the match-winning knock against West Indies in the first T20I on Friday, July 29 at Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad. Karthik scored 41* runs off 19 balls and helped the Men in Blue score 190 in their 20 overs.

Karthik won the Player of the Match after India won the match by 67 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Chopra reckoned that Rohit Sharma scored more runs for the visiting team, but it was Karthik’s knock that made the most impact.

Chopra termed Karthik as a special player and said that the Tamil Nadu-born cricketer has plenty of cricket left in him.

“My Player of the Match is Dinesh Karthik; he was actually chosen as the Player of the Match as well, although Rohit Sharma scored the most runs. This is where stats tell us a few things but hide a lot. They tell that Rohit was brilliant; there is no doubt about it, but when he got out, it seemed India will get stuck,” Chopra said on his YouTube channel.

“How will they get stuck? When Dinesh is there, everything is possible. This player is special, and he has cricket left in him. What a finisher, what a player. Dinesh Karthik came and shone, I mean one more time,” he stated.

“He might be the only batter in the world who is played at No. 6 as a specialised position. He scored 41 runs off 19 balls, with four fours and two sixes, at a strike rate of 215. He didn’t even come at No. 6 this time, he came at No. 7; he came after Jadeja,” Chopra said.

After winning the ODI series, India have made a stupendous start in the T20Is. The second match of the series is scheduled to take place on Monday, August 1, at Warner Park in St Kitts.

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