IPL 2022 Live Updates – India Squad for SA T20 Series: Dinesh Karthik 2.0 continues to impress selectors as they assemble in few days to select Indian team for South Africa T20 Series. Karthik is playing role of finisher to perfection. With Super strike rate of 200, Karthik has transformed himself by working very hard before IPL 2022. Target is to make it to the Indian team for South Africa series & T20 World Cup: Follow IPL 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
“I must admit I have a bigger goal. I have been working really hard. My aim is to do something special for the country. This is part of my journey. I have been trying everything to be part of the Indian team”, Dinesh Karthik declared recently.
But how exactly Karthik made this turnaround? Check OUT below:
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- He played practice matches in Theni for India Cements two weeks before IPL
- Did a lot of centre-wicket simulation. That is giving yourself situations and acting according to that. This has helped Karthik play the role of finished with aplomb.
- Did a lot of strength training. Again it has helped hit out of park with comfortable ease, especially at the death.
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One of the selectors was optimistic about Karthik donning the blue jersey again and making a comeback to the team.
“The door is open to all who have been consistently performing. We have a few series before the T20 World Cup and if he continues to perform, he will be in consideration,” one of the Team India selectors told InsideSport.
Why finisher Karthik should get another chance? India does not have a designated finisher for the upcoming T20 series against South Africa. Deepak Chahar is ruled out for six months due to a back problem. Hardik Pandya is just returning to competitive cricket and has to prove a point with his all-around skills.
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Ishan Kishan, the backup wicketkeeper batter to Rishabh Pant has also not been amongst the runs in IPL.
Pant has been tried at the finisher role but is yet to find consistency. Karthik has so far been in phenomenal form in IPL and he deserves one more chance.
Dinesh Karthik heroics In IPL 2022 for RCB –
| Team | Runs | Balls | Strike Rate |
| SRH | 30 | 8 | 375 |
| PBKS | 32 | 14 | 229 |
| KKR | 14 | 7 | 200 |
| RR | 44 | 23 | 191 |
| CSK | 34 | 14 | 243 |
| DC | 66 | 34 | 194 |
| LSG | 13 | 8 | 163 |
| CSK | 26 | 17 | 153 |
IPL 2022: Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar also backs Dinesh Karthik
Ravi Shastri also has backed RCB’s finisher Dinesh Karthik to make India come back. As the selectors will pick the squad for South Africa series, DK’s name will surely come up as a potential candidate.
But will the selectors pick him for an auction for T20 World Cup?
“With the amount of cricket being played and with injuries that can take place, if you have a good IPL season which I feel he is right in thinking in that fashion. He has started off really hot and if he has a crackerjack of a season, surely he will be in the mix,” said former India coach Ravi Shastri told ESPNcricinfo.
India Squad for SA: Why Ravi Shastri bats for finisher Karthik’s inclusion in the team?
- Dinesh Karthik has so far scored 274 runs in 12 games that he has played for RCB
- The wicketkeeper batter has scored these at an impressive strike of 200, which is best for the batter who has scored runs over 100
- Karthik has been unbeaten on 7 occasions in all of RCB’s wins in the ongoing IPL season
- The 36-year-old has also won two player of the match awards against RR and DC
- Karthik has also hit a colossal 21 sixes and is placed sixth in the list of batters who have the most sixes in IPL 2022
- Karthik has proven to be a nightmare for bowlers in the death overs with his calculative assault
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