Dinesh Karthik showcased his ending expertise with a 21-ball-30-run cameo to assist India submit 148 for six towards South Africa after being put into bat within the second T20I of the five-match collection on Sunday. Shreyas Iyer (40) was the top-scorer, whereas opener Ishan Kishan (34) and ‘designated finisher’ Karthik (30 not out) additionally chipped in to take India to a aggressive rating.
Anrich Nortje (2/36) was essentially the most profitable bowler for South Africa, who produced a medical effort after profitable the toss and opting to subject. Kagiso Rabada (1/15), Wayne Parnell (1/23), Dwaine Pretorius (1/40) and Keshav Maharaj (1/12) had been additionally among the many wickets.
Dinesh Karthik’s late flourish pushes #India’s rating to 148 for six within the second #T20I towards #SouthAfrica at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.
— United News of India (@uniindianews) June 12, 2022
The solely motive Dinesh Karthik got here after Axar Patel is DK do not want 2-3 over he simply want 5-6 balls
Another motive is Rishabh pant is lund captain #INDvSA
— Naruto (@Naruto21349039) June 12, 2022
The finisher Dinesh Karthik
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— SportsTiger (@sportstigerapp) June 12, 2022
D.Okay FINISHES OFF IN STYLE#DK#INDIA#DineshKarthik #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/rIReGzY0in
— Satyam Tiwari (@SatyamT1302) June 12, 2022
Dinesh Karthik’s sensible cameo of 30(21) helped India to submit a complete of 148 towards South Africa
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— SkyFair (@officialskyfair) June 12, 2022
#DineshKarthik #INDVSSA #SAVSIND #DK pic.twitter.com/23hsmkwUSH
— Shrivizhnu.offl (@shrivizhnu) June 12, 2022
Fans had been elated to see Karthik coming to the celebration after the India batters struggled for essentially the most a part of the innings and hailed him as India’s saviour within the second T20I towards South Africa.
Notably, Karthik made his return on the again of some sturdy performances in IPL 2022 the place he scored 330 runs in 16 video games for Royal Challengers Bangalore at a strike fee of 183.33. In the primary T20I in Delhi, Karthik simply confronted two balls, remaining unbeaten on 1.
Ahead of the second T20I set to be performed in Cuttack on Sunday, Karthik performed a recreation of “this or that” and the video was uploaded on the official Twitter deal with of BCCI.
During the session, the 37-year-old was requested who would he slightly take for lunch — favorite filmstar or sportstar? To this, he replied: “Roger Federer. I have always been enamoured by him, the way he carries himself both on and off the field.”
