‘The Finisher’ Dinesh Karthik played an astonishing knock for the India National Cricket Team in the first T20I match of the five-match T20I series against Nicholas Pooran-led West Indies National Cricket Team at the Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad on Friday, July 29.
West Indies won the toss and invited India to bat first in the match. Pacer Alzarri Joseph made his T20I debut for West Indies and Shimron Hetmyer made his comeback to the side.
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Batting first, India captain Rohit Sharma played brilliantly and he scored 64 runs off 44 balls, including 7 fours and 2 sixes, before being dismissed by Jason Holder. Suryakumar Yadav also made a decent contribution but other batters, including Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya failed to make any major contributions.
Dinesh Karthik came out to bat after the dismissal of skipper Rohit Sharma in the 15th over. He was only able to add 11 runs with Ravindra Jadeja before the all-rounder got dismissed in the 16th over.
After that, veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik battedly before going berserk against the West Indies National Cricket Team bowling attack.
The 37-year-old Dinesh Karthik scored just 17 runs in his first 12 deliveries, but then he smashed sensational 24 runs at a strike rate of 342.85 in the last 7 balls of his innings.
Overall he was able to smash 41 runs off 19 balls, including 4 fours and 2 sixes, and he batted with a strike rate of 215.78. He also added 52 runs in just 25 balls with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
Meanwhile, Karthik’s 41 runs cameo knock, which came at a strike rate of 215.78, is the third best knock by an Indian batter in the T20I cricket against West Indies in terms of strike rate.
Highest Strike Rate vs West Indies in a T20I Innings for India [Minimum 30 runs]:
241.37 – Virat Kohli (70* off 29)
221.42 – Rohit Sharma (62 off 28)
215.78 – Dinesh Karthik (41* off 19)
Also, this was Dinesh Karthik’s 4th 30+ score for the India National Cricket Team, which came at a 200+ strike rate.
Here’s How Twitter Reacted To Dinesh Karthik’s Cameo Knock:
DK – The finisher 🔥🔥🔥
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) July 29, 2022
India have done well here with the bat. Valuable knocks by Rohit & DK. This pitch isn’t a road, and the avg scoring rate at this venue is 7.40 (on the basis of CPL games, last of which was held in 2020).
— Gurkirat Singh Gill (@gurkiratsgill) July 29, 2022
#dineshkarthik the finisher at his best. 🙌🙌 #IndvsWI #WIvsIND #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/X8pdMyVWX7
— Jeetendra (@jeetendra0908) July 29, 2022
What a knock by Dinesh Karthik, India was struggling and he scored 41* from just 19 balls. The finisher is here. #IndvWI pic.twitter.com/BUaGIGwr9Z
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 29, 2022
Dinesh Karthik The Finisher – 41* (19). What a knock, what a finish by DK. He’s proven yet again he’s still good enough for India, what a player.
Take a bow, DK. pic.twitter.com/zozMTBP9tl
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 29, 2022
41 off just 19 balls!
Absolute destruction from Dinesh Karthik 🔥#WIvsIND #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/vH568OYadc— Sky11 (@sky11official) July 29, 2022
A blistering 19-ball 4⃣1⃣* from DK powers India to 190/6 🤩🔥#WIvIND #SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) July 29, 2022
Once Again Dinesh Karthik Shown his Ability….. super inning by super shot…🔥🔥🔥
That’s why we need a perfect death over specialist 💯#WIvsIND#RohitSharma𓃵 #dineshkhatik pic.twitter.com/CJmHd1uorC— Suraj Kumar (@surajkumar2894) July 29, 2022
#IndvsWI #WIvIND #DineshKarthik
I wrote against Dinesh Karthik for not taking good advantage of opportunity,
Me to Karthik today : pic.twitter.com/qq2rJUcJgM
— g0v!ñD $#@®mA (@rishu_1809) July 29, 2022
Dinesh Karthik The Finisher 🤩
41*(19) #IndvsWI 🥵😎 pic.twitter.com/MPjhXaoxFQ— Shamsi (MSH) (@Shamsihaidri1) July 29, 2022
Love India’s 5-6-7 to bits!! If Hardik Pandya doesn’t get you, Ravindra Jadeja will. If Jadeja doesn’t get you, Dinesh Karthik certainly will! Fab finish to the innings!#WIvIND
— Prasenjit Dey (@CricPrasen) July 29, 2022
Dinesh Karthik in the last 7 balls – 6,4,0,6,4,0,4. He scored 24 runs in last 7 balls. That’s why India reach 190 runs mark. He finish so well. pic.twitter.com/KZuOvyOfMx
— Cricket Page (@CricketPage3) July 29, 2022
India finish the innings at 190-6 in 20 overs as India faced a middle order collapse. Rohit Sharma played a great knok at start a at the end Dinesh Kartik finsihe very well to reach a good total.#INDvWI #T20I #FanCode
— Alkesh (@Alkesh008) July 29, 2022
what a finisher, protect him at all cost 💙 #IndvsWI pic.twitter.com/4ZrVlDFMZq
— ︎ (@reaadubey) July 29, 2022
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Well done Karthik
Best Finisher 🔥💙🙌
Energetic inning #DineshKartik #IndvsWI pic.twitter.com/jL9VvBNc2E— Sandeep Sanyal Azad🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@sanyal0121) July 29, 2022
Finishing By Finisher – 41* (19) 💥👏🏻 #IndvsWI @DineshKarthik pic.twitter.com/kVEmeD6f7K
— Ravi Prakash🇮🇳 (@impravi06) July 29, 2022
Such a magician DK is !
From 138-6 to 190-6 🫡#IndvsWI pic.twitter.com/goMOGdFpDh— Sohit Rharma (@a_t_i_m_h_s_a) July 29, 2022
🚨#DINESHKARTHIK SUPREMACY 🚨#indvsWI #Cricket #India
— Broken Cricket Dreams Cricket Blog (@cricket_broken) July 29, 2022
If this is what a finisher can do, why not try #DineshKarthik to open the innings, as you have tried #RishabhPant & #SuryakumarYadav #IndvsWI
— Howdy_Tweeps (@Howdy_Tweeps) July 29, 2022
DK is a beast down the order where you can do nothing else but hit.
Finishes the innings on high.#IndvsWI— Cricwas (@Cricwas) July 29, 2022
41* off 19 balls. What a finish by Dinesh Karthik here.
— Shivani Shukla (@iShivani_Shukla) July 29, 2022
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