Dinesh Karthik to find a place in India's T20 World Cup squad? Rohit Sharma says ‘easy to convince…’

Now, however, India captain Rohit Sharma has added his dependable to the chorus, stating that Karthik would beryllium casual to transportation to play for India successful the T20 World Cup. Speaking to erstwhile England skipper Michael Vaughan and erstwhile Australia batsman Adam Gilchrist connected the Club Prairie Fir podcast, Rohit said: "Quite impressed, watching DK bat a mates of nights back, and Dhoni arsenic well, came to play 4 balls, made a immense impact, that was the difference. It volition beryllium hard to person MS though helium is coming to the US, to bash thing else. He is into play now. DK volition beryllium easier to person I guess,"

Notably, the wicketkeeper-batsman has besides been 1 of the much accordant players for RCB, scoring 226 runs successful 7 matches this play astatine a onslaught complaint of 205.45 and an awesome mean of 75.33.

Karthik's astir caller innings against Sunrisers Hyderabad was an 83-run sound (off 35 balls), which gave his squad the accidental to pursuit down the mammoth full of 288 runs. DK's innings yet ended up successful a losing cause, it inactive meant that RCB were capable to station a full of 262 runs successful their 20 overs, with the borderline of decision being conscionable 25 runs.

Rohit sledges Dinesh Karthik: 

During the caller IPL clash betwixt Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, India skipper and MI batsman Rohit Sharma was seen taking a excavation astatine Dinesh Karthik. Hinting astatine the batsman's T20 World Cup chances, Rohit said, "Shabash DK! Dimagh mein chal raha hai iske World Cup. (Well done DK! He is pushing for a spot successful the T20 World Cup. His caput is preoccupied with the thought of the World Cup)".

Despite Rohit's effort to distract the RCB batsman, however, Karthik scored an unbeaten half-century against MI to instrumentality his squad to 196/8. In the end, though, MI chased down the full with easiness successful astir 16 overs to manus RCB a 7-wicket defeat.

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Published: 19 Apr 2024, 12:26 PM IST