IND vs SA: Twitter Reacts As Dinesh Karthik Smashes First T20I Fifty Of His Career
Indian wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik scored a blazing fifty against South Africa in the fourth T20I of the 5-match series between the two sides on Friday.
After India was asked to bat first for the 4th time in a row, the top order had a rough outing. While Ishan Kishan found his range with a few strokes, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shreyas Iyer fell for 5 and 4 respectively.
Rishabh Pant had a terrible outing with the bat as he struggled his way to a 23-ball 17. Although the surface is on the slower side, Karthik and Hardik Pandya showed the batting lineup how to do it on a tough batting pitch.
They took their time to get in before smashing boundaries at will. The first 10 overs yielded just 56 runs but the last ten went for 113, with Karthik doing most of the damage.
It was the first time in the series that he got to bat with plenty of overs left and he made the most of it. He took a particular liking to Dwaine Pretorius, smashing him for 3 consecutive boundaries to set the ball rolling.
Although Hardik got out in the penultimate over after scoring 46 off 31 balls, Karthik ensured India end the innings on a high. He brought up his maiden fifty in the final over, bringing up the landmark off his 26th delivery.
The knock was highly praised considering it came at a time when India needed it the most, with the series on the line.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Dinesh Karthik’s knock:
Dinesh Karthik’s maiden fifty in T20s has given India more than a chance to win this match and level the series. It’s all upto the bowlers to repeat such performance in their bowling. ? pic.twitter.com/1duLEt8kyC
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) June 17, 2022
Fantastic striking from DK and Kungfu Pandya in the last 5 overs.
Bowlers ko kamaal karna padega to defend 169. #INDvSA— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) June 17, 2022
Dinesh Karthik is an absolute weapon at the crease ? #INDvSA
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) June 17, 2022
People used to laugh when Dinesh Karthik made statements about wanting to make a comeback in the national team Same people are praising him now ? pic.twitter.com/TEoT53P3w0
— Utsav (@utsav__45) June 17, 2022
#DK #DineshKarthik the conviction ??? decided his place in Indian team his role by himself One yr before and start preparing n design role map via #IPL n delivering now .. A true inspiration @DineshKarthik @BCCI #INDvsSAT20 #INDvsSA
— Arun Thokai Vishakan (@combocreator) June 17, 2022
DK bhai is giving us '360° entertainment'! ?#INDvSA | @DineshKarthik
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) June 17, 2022
Obama retired at 60.
Trump made president at 70.
Do not let your age tell your story.
It may be just the beginning of something.#DK #DineshKarthik pic.twitter.com/jSKbIKGOmx— Flash (@AalsiFlash) June 17, 2022
One of the greatest comeback in cricket history by Dinesh Karthik.#DineshKarthik#INDvsSA #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/tPWdCZzEJW
— Cricket Addictor (@AbdullahNeaz) June 17, 2022
Top knocks by @hardikpandya7 and @DineshKarthik! What form ? #INDvSA
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) June 17, 2022
Dinesh Karthick is making a story of his own. Brilliant batting!
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) June 17, 2022
Brutal hitting by Dinesh Karthik here. ??
— Shivani Shukla (@iShivani_Shukla) June 17, 2022
DK to Hardik right now ? #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/Q6C4wdpvRX
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) June 17, 2022
DK's gotta be there in the middle for India in the world cup. It's not even debatable anymore.
— Heisenberg ☢ (@internetumpire) June 17, 2022
Dinesh Karthik is in unbelievable touch. What a finisher!#Dineshkarthik #Karthik #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/3Rkp2iY9iq
— madan Parmar Nimboda (@MParmars) June 17, 2022
We Could Easily won 3-4 T20 WC if we had Dinesh Karthik in place of Overrated Dhoni who has 126 SR in T20i. #DineshKarthik pic.twitter.com/Gq5fXWyTLo
— ThaLa Fan (@ExposeMSDfan) June 17, 2022
Only jersey is different , work is same for Dinesh Karthik finish like a boss.#INDvSA #DineshKarthik pic.twitter.com/wBS2NC5zIm
— KIRAT VOHLI ( ᴰᴷ ⁱˢ ?) (@kiratvohli90) June 17, 2022
