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“Tea, Cappuccino, then these things happened”: Dinesh Karthik sums up RCB’s weak batting line-up. cricket news

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Dinesh Karthik kept RCB in the playoff race by scoring unbeaten 21 runs in just 12 balls.© X (Twitter)

Dinesh Karthik has been a trouble-shooter for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in this season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Karthik, who had a forgettable season last year, has once again raised his stock, with IPL 2024 likely to be his last in the tournament. The 38-year-old came up with a rescue on Saturday when RCB almost had their playoff hopes dashed. Chasing 148 against Gujarat Titans, RCB went from 92/0 to 117/6 after the powerplay, with Noor Ahmed and Joshua Little doing damage with the ball.

However, Karthik scored an unbeaten 21 off just 12 balls to keep RCB in the playoff race.

Speaking after the match, Karthik revealed that he was taking a little rest after Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli added 92 runs for the first wicket in the powerplay.

Karthik said that given the fast start to the chase, he was having tea and cappucino in the dressing room and thinking that he might not have to bat.

Kohli, who had secured the top batting position with 542 runs, came out roaring and hit two sixes in the opening over of Mohit Sharma while chasing the target and Du Plessis also soon joined in and completed his half-century in 18 balls. Move forward for.

The South African legend hit 10 fours and three sixes in his 23-ball innings before being dismissed by Ireland’s left-arm pacer Little.

Du Plessis’ departure caused the team to collapse and Gujarat bounced back with the wickets of Joshua Little and Noor Ahmed and left the opposition in trouble at 117-6 after Kohli’s dismissal.

However, Karthik and Swapnil Singh, who scored 15 runs, ensured there was no further drama as they stitched an unbeaten 35-run partnership to take the team to victory.

It was Bengaluru’s fourth win and third on the bounce in 11 matches as they moved from bottom to seventh in the table and kept their play-off hopes alive.

Gujarat’s hopes are also in danger as they slump to their seventh defeat in 11 matches.

(With AFP inputs)

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