IND vs WI: Dinesh Karthik equals Yuvraj’s record by playing a firefight in the first T20

Trinidad: 37-year-old Dinesh Karthik, who was included as a finisher in Team India, continues unabated. Karthik once again presented his claim for the T20 World Cup by playing an inning as a finisher. After making a comeback after a gap of three years, Dinesh Karthik’s bat has been spewing runs continuously. Playing the role he got himself, he is constantly helping the team out of trouble. He once again did the same in the first T20 of the series against West Indies on Friday.

Unbeaten innings of 41 runs in 19 balls

Dinesh Karthik played a vital role in taking the team to a score of 190 runs in 20 overs by playing an unbeaten innings of 41 runs in 19 balls while beating the Windies bowlers fiercely on Friday. Karthik came out to bat after the dismissal of Rohit Sharma. At that time the score was 127 runs for 5 wickets in 14.5 overs. Ravindra Jadeja was there to support him on the pitch. But he too left his side on the last ball of the 16th over. In such a situation, the responsibility of taking the team to the big score fell on the shoulders of DK.

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Runs scored in the last 7 balls at a strike rate of 342.85

Dinesh Karthik started off in a tight fashion and scored 17 runs in the first 12 balls. But after he changed the gear, the Windies bowlers started seeing stars. In the last 7 balls of his innings, Karthik scored 24 runs at a strike rate of 342.85. In these seven balls, he hit 2 sixes and three fours (6, 4, 0, 6, 4, 0, 4), while no runs could be scored in two balls.

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Fifty-century partnership with Ashwin

Dinesh Karthik shared an unbeaten 52 off 25 balls with Ravichandran Ashwin for the seventh wicket. In this partnership, Karthik contributed 35 (15) and Ashwin contributed 13 (10). Both the batsmen scored runs at a strike rate of 208 during the partnership.

Dinesh Karthik and Shreyas Iyer have been able to do this 2-2 times

Yuvraj Singh, shared with Shreyas Iyer, has reached the second position after Virat Kohli for the most number of runs scored 40 or more in the last five overs of an innings in international T20 with Dinesh Karthik’s unbeaten knock of 41 runs. . Virat did this five times in his T20 career. On the other hand, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Karthik and Shreyas Iyer have been able to do this 2-2 times.

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Indians with highest strike rate against Windies

DK on Friday rose to the third position in terms of scoring the highest strike rate in international T20Is against the Windies. Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring the highest strike rate for India against West Indies. Virat played an unbeaten 70 off 29 balls against the Caribbean team at a strike rate of 241.37. At the same time, second-ranked Rohit Sharma played an innings of 62 runs in 28 balls against the West Indies. During this his strike rate was 221.42. While third-ranked Dinesh Karthik has moved up to the third position with a strike rate of 215.78.