Thank you for saving me: Dinesh Karthik heaps plaudits on Ravichandran Ashwin for ‘cool’ end in IND vs PAK match

The final over of the latest India vs Pakistan match on Sunday will stay ceaselessly within the reminiscence of cricket followers all around the globe with the quantity of twists and turns in it which might put any thriller film to disgrace.

One run, two-run, three-run, four-run, broad ball, no ball, free hit, catch, clear bowled, run out, stumping — you identify any rule of the cricket, it was there within the final over. In the attention of the storm had been Indian batters Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli who had the huge activity of scoring 16 runs in that over to be bowled by Mohammad Nawaz.

In the primary ball of the over, India misplaced Hardik Pandya who was changed by Dinesh Karthik however the finisher was dismissed when India wanted two runs from two balls. After Karthik was stumped by Nawaz, Ravichandran Ashwin got here to the center. The wily veteran used his expertise, not going after the following ball by Nawaz which resulted in a large. With 1 wanted off the final ball, Ashwin scooped the ball over the interior circle and ran to the opposite finish along with his arms raised as Melbourne Cricket Ground erupted.

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In a contemporary video uploaded within the BCCI Twitter deal with the place it exhibits the India group touchdown in Sydney for his or her subsequent match towards Netherlands, Karthik thanked Ashwin for bailing him out.

“Thank you for saving me yesterday… Cool and calm,” mentioned Karthik to a beaming Ashwin within the video.

India will hope to proceed their profitable kind towards Netherlands on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday.