- Dinesh Karthik has troubled the bowlers at the age of 39 and scored 130 runs with the bat. From this, one can guess how good a batsman Karthik is at the moment.
Dinesh Karthik: “No matter how old a lion gets, it never forgets to hunt” Once again, former Team India wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has proved this saying to be true. He has troubled the bowlers with his batting in the current season of South Africa’s T20 league SA20, which started on the lines of IPL. He has troubled the bowlers at the age of 39 and scored 130 runs with the bat. From this, it can be guessed how good a batsman Karthik is at the moment. In such a situation, let us tell you about his performance in detail.
Dinesh Karthik’s bat spewed poison
Let us tell you that Dinesh Karthik is playing for Paarl Royals in SA20. This team belongs to Rajasthan Royals franchise. He has played 11 matches so far in the current season, in which he has scored a total of 130 runs in 8 innings. During this, his average was 21. Along with this, his strike rate was also 121. In these matches, 130 runs came off his bat and he also scored a half-century. His highest score was 53 runs. Along with this, he hit 12 fours and 5 Gangan Chumbi sixes.
Karthik retired after the IPL
It is known that Dinesh Karthik retired from international and domestic cricket after IPL last year. After retirement, he played in foreign leagues. In IPL, he played the role of finisher for RCB. Now he is doing the same job for Paarl Royals. If we talk about his performance in the last season of IPL, he scored 326 runs in 15 matches and once again played the role of finisher.
Such was DK’s international journey
Talking about Dinesh Karthik’s international career, he scored 1,792 runs in 94 ODIs and scored nine half-centuries. In Tests, Karthik has scored 1,025 runs in 42 innings, including a century against Bangladesh. In T20, he has scored 686 runs in 60 matches played for India.