Murali Vijay Wishes Team India on a Sensational Victory But Name of Dinesh Karthik Remains Absent

It was a mind-boggling nock from Dinesh Karthik as he single-handedly helped India lift the Nidahas Trophy after beating Bangladesh by 4 wickets in the final delivery of the match. Tweets came flouring in as he remained unbeaten on 29 of 8 deliveries which contained 3 big sixes and a couple of boundaries. Team India Test opener Murali Vijay took to his twitter handle to wish India on a remarkable victory. However, he didn’t congratulate Dinesh Karthik for his historic innings.

Remarkable win boys @bcci ? pretty much typifies the brand of cricket we play ?? #INDVBAN #Champions #TeamIndia #supremacy #NidahasTrophy #NidahasTrophyFinal pic.twitter.com/ewUKclUX29

— Murali Vijay (@mvj888) March 18, 2018

There is a history behind Vijay not wishing Karthik. The recently appointed Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik was married to Nikita Vanjara from 2007-2012. However, their relationship came to a sour end when Karthik came to now that Nikita was having an extra-marital affair with close friend in the Indian team Murali Vijay.

Both were pretty good friends till then but their relationship was ruined following the incident. Karthik gave divorce to Nikita when she was pregnant. She went on to marry Vijay while Karthik found love again in Deepika Palikal. She is a professional squash player. Despite being teammates there is no doubt about the fact that the Vijay-Karthik relationship won’t be the same like before again.

Meanwhile coming back to the match Karthik came to the crease with India requiring 34 of the last 12 deliveries. The match was tilted in favour of Bangladesh and it needed a miracle from India to save them from the blushes. Karthik smashed his very first ball for a huge six and followed it up with a four and a six again. From 34 of 12 the equation was reduced to 18 of 9 deliveries and suddenly the Men in Blue were smelling victory.

He scooped the final delivery of the over straight over the fine-leg fielder to the boundary ropes. With 12 required of the final over, part-time medium pacer Soumya Sarkar was handed over the ball. In fact, there was no other option other than Soumya at that moment. Shakib couldn’t have taken a risk with Mehidy in the final over. In the one over he had bowled in that match so far, the youngster conceded 17 runs.

He bowled a wide to begin the over but bounced back strongly to concede only two runs in the next 3 deliveries. Vijay Shankar who was struggling till then managed to find the boundary to bring the equation down to 5 of 2. He was dismissed in the penultimate delivery but with the ball in the air, both batsmen had crossed.

Karthik did a Miandad in the final delivery as he smashed a gorgeous six over the cover region. The celebrations knew no bounds as he was greeted by his teammates.

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