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There is something about Dinesh Karthik and comebacks. He is never out of the picture, especially when the big tournament – in this case, the T20 World Cup – is just around the corner. He has already hinted about this IPL 2024 It will be his last in the league but what is stopping him from making another appearance in India’s colors in the T20 World Cup in June this year? Certainly not his performance in the 17th edition of the IPL.
Karthik Has scored 226 runs at a strike rate of 205.45 in 7 matches so far this season and shows no signs of slowing down.
After days of teasing India captain Rohit Sharma on stump mic About to play another T20 World Cup, Karthik played another breathtaking knock for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2024 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
“Well done DK! T20 World Cup Main Selection K Liye Push Karna Hi Isco. Dimag mein chal raha hai iske world cup. (Good DKshi! He is pushing for a place in the T20 World Cup. His mind is occupied with the thought of the World Cup),” Rohit During the MI vs RCB match at Wankhede on April 11, Stump was caught speaking on the mic. Karthik scored an unbeaten 53 off 23 balls that night, hitting five fours and four sixes. It could not ensure an RCB win but was enough to force social media to talk about his inclusion in India’s T20 World Cup squad as a keeper and finisher.
It is not certain whether Karthik gave any reply to Rohit’s teasing. Even if they did the stump mics didn’t catch it. For the theater, we want to believe, he let his bat do all the talking. And it continued to speak in the most mesmerizing way on Monday against SRH.
Chasing An IPL record of 288 runs to win, RCB lost captain Faf du Plessis (62 off 28 balls) for 121 in 9.3 overs. 167 runs were required from just 63 balls with six wickets remaining. In the same over, young Sourav Chauhan was dismissed in the first ball. RCB’s expectations were all gone. Now they were in danger of losing the match by more than 100 runs.
Enter DK! Again!
He took nine balls to hit his first boundary – a six off leg-spinner Mayank Markande – and went into overdrive. Karthik hit three fours and a six in Jaydev Unadkat’s next over. The attack continued. In fact, it got bigger and better. Karthik hit T Natarajan for a 108-metre six in the next over – the biggest six of IPL 2024. It was a half volley on the pads and Karthik almost sent the ball out of the stadium with his beautiful wrist.
Even SRH captain Pat Cummins didn’t give up. He hit two sixes in the 17th over. Another suffocating switch was struck by Bhuvneshwar Kumar for six.
Karthik was dismissed by Natarajan in the last ball of the 19th over. He returned to a standing ovation. His 35-ball 83 wasn’t enough to help RCB achieve history but it took him to his second-highest total and the highest in a chase in the IPL. RCB lost to SRH’s record by 25 runs.
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