Rohit Sharma jokes with Dinesh Karthik© X (formerly Twitter)
Mumbai Indians batsman Rohit Sharma, who is known for his funny remarks on the field, during the IPL 2024 match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday, Stump mic captured another of his gems. With Dinesh Karthik blindsided by RCB, Rohit decided to attack him with ‘World Cup’ remarks, which were captured on stump microphones. “For the World Cup, you can choose Koriya, Canahaysko, Shabash. The World Cup was on his mind. Well done DK, the World Cup is about to begin!(He has to work hard for his World Cup qualification, great. He has the World Cup (T20) in his mind. Great, DK. You have to play in the World Cup,” Rohit said. (IPL Points Table)
This is linked to the upcoming 2024 T20 World Cup, where if Karthik can impress the national selectors, he could find a place in the Indian team.
Dinesh Karthik was in brilliant form, scoring an unbeaten 53 off 23 balls despite Jasprit Bumrah taking 5 wickets, Helped Royal Challengers Bangalore win with a total score of 196/8. Karthik made a strong case for his T20 World Cup selection with four sixes and five boundary knocks.
Karthik was particularly fond of the Mumbai Indians fast bowler as he scored 19 runs in the final over of RCB’s innings. The veteran cricketer ended up hitting four boundaries in the match with various strokes. Kartik was also the only batsman to hit Bumrah who was in good form.
However, Karthik’s efforts were in vain as Mumbai Indians chased down the target with ease thanks to a superb batting performance. Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma gave the run chase a perfect start while Suryakumar Yadav finished with a 19-ball 52 The results completed the final wonderful performance.
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