When Jasprit Bumrah was tearing apart the Royal Challengers Bengaluru middle-order, Dinesh Karthik was at the non-striker’s end. When Bumrah removed Mahipal Lomror and RCB skipper Faf du Plessis off consecutive balls in the 17th over, he was on a hat-trick. In the 19th over, he removed Saurav Chauhan and Vijaykumar Vyshak. Both times, Bumrah was unable to secure the third.
When Karthik eventually got the opportunity to bat, he quickly struck Bumrah for a six, only the second boundary Bumrah had given up that day after witnessing all the mayhem from the other end. It covered a lot of ground regarding Karthik and Bumrah.
Rajat Patidar (50) and Faf du Plessis (61), in particular, were crucial in ensuring that RCB approached the 200-run threshold. Towards the close of the innings, Karthik (53 not out off 23 balls) gave RCB exactly the kind of knock they needed.
Bumrah was able to regain control of the match thanks to his precision and command of variety in a match when his opponents made frequent mistakes.
Bumrah extended his average run at the Wankhede Stadium during the IPL by catching the in-form Virat Kohli (3) early on. He did this by expertly combining his ferocious yorkers with pinpoint bouncers.
With their respective half-centuries, Du Plessis and Patidar ended their dismal run and added 82 runs for the third wicket, but Bumrah, who bowled three overs after the midway point, appeared to have broken the back of RCB’s fight with an outstanding spell.
But Karthik concluded with five fours and four sixes, taking a liking to Akash Madhwal (1/57) and amassing 38 runs off his two overs.
Former MI captain Rohit Sharma decides to have some fun after witnessing Karthik provide another outstanding finishing performance. Using the stump mic, Rohit was heard making fun of Karthik’s T20 World Cup joke.
“DK, shake it! This World Cup’s selection process is more competitive than ever. We are going to win this World Cup, I promise. (Excellent work, DK!
During the MI vs. RCB IPL 2024 match, Rohit Sharma makes fun of Dinesh Karthik. Karthik’s strong IPL performance earned him a position as wicketkeeper during India’s most recent T20 World Cup campaign in Australia. The seasoned cricket player isn’t slowing down this time either. However, given that Karthik has already declared that this IPL will be his final, winning another T20 World Cup may be extremely difficult.
Speaking after MI’s win vs RCB, Ishan Kishan opened up on his Ranji Trophy absence which led to him missing out on a BCCI contract.
Ishan Kishan was in the news prior to IPL 2024 because the batsman-wickekeeper for the BCCI lost his central contract after failing to win the Ranji Trophy. The incident occurred when the board warned centrally contracted players not to put the Indian Premier League ahead of domestic cricket. Kishan and Shreyas Iyer disregarded the letter, and as a result, they waere punished severely by the BCCI.
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