Dinesh Karthik performed an explosive inning as he scored his maiden T20I half-century in Rajkot on Friday. He confronted simply 27 balls and amassed 55 runs and helped India win the match by 82 runs.
At the age of 37 years and 16 days, Karthik additionally grew to become the oldest Indian to get a T20I fifty. The earlier report was held by MS Dhoni on the age of 36 years and 229 days when he scored a half-century in opposition to South Africa again in 2018.
The Indians had been struggling at 81 for 4 earlier than a 65-run stand between Hardik (46 off 31) and Karthik (55 off 27) introduced the house crew again into the sport. Thanks to Hardik and Karthik, India had been capable of amass 73 runs within the final 5 overs. Fans began praising Dinesh for his excellent innings on Friday.
5⃣0⃣ for @DineshKarthik! 👏 👏
A cracking knock that is as he brings up a 26-ball half-century. 👌 👌
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“I feel old when that comes up [laughs], I played with different generations. I know of the 22, 21 have retired so it’s good to still keep going,” Karthik acknowledged in the course of the innings break.
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Karthik had a terrific IPL 2022 as he represented Royal Challengers Bangalore. After enjoying some good knocks, Karthik was chosen for India within the collection in opposition to South Africa.
