11 months, 1 week ago

Dinesh Karthik has unrealistic T20 World Cup expectations and he has to learn to let it go

Dinesh Karthik is indeed an intriguing case in Indian cricket. Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Dinesh Karthik greets spectators as he walks back to the pavilion after his dismissal during the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket match Karthik, on the other hand, could not get it going. On multiple occasions, he and Parthiv Patel made the squad when Dhoni was not available for one reason or another but they could never come up with the kinds of performances that they needed to upstage Dhoni who was slowing and steadily becoming a humongous figure in Indian cricket. He is still available for selection and just like he did less than two years ago, before the World T20 in Australia, he is making a strong case for a callback ahead of the 2024 World T20 through one solid performance after another in the ongoing Indian Premier League for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Fans will remember that iconic match against Pakistan in Melbourne in the 2022 World T20 when India needed just 2 runs off two balls with Karthik on the strike.

Hindustan Times

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