Nidahas Trophy Final: Indian skipper Virat Kohli reacts to Dinesh Karthik's last ball sixer
Yesterday's Dinesh Karthik knock would be registered in the history books of the cricket and the name of Karthik will be enshrined there in gold. Those who watched the Nidahas Trophy final know the hopes were slim of India's win but Dinesh Karthik was the man who, after the fall of Manish Pandey came in like a saviour. He smashed 2 maximums and as many as 4 fours to add crucial 22 runs to the Indian scoreboard in the 19th over.
Dinesh Karthik was playing for team India, a team that did not comprise of players like MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Jaspreet Bumrah and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar but the team has Dinesh Karthik in it. He is the man of the moment and deserves all the credit and praise he is being bestowed with. Bangladesh was in the match till the last ball of the match before Karthik came and smashed the unexpected sixer and put to an end the nail-biting match.
What a game of cricket last night, Complete team performance! Big up boys!!! 💪👌Well done DK @DineshKarthik 👊@BCCI #NidahasTrophy2018 #INDvsBAN
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) March 19, 2018
Sachin Tendulkar and many other players have congratulated the Indian team and Dinesh Karthik on their performance.
Amazing victory by #TeamIndia. Superb batting by @DineshKarthik. A great knock by @ImRo45 to set the platform.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 18, 2018
What a finish to a final!!#NidahasTrophy2018 #INDvsBAN pic.twitter.com/ZYDl6jzVWl
What a finish!!! Well played big guy @DineshKarthik. Outstanding effort by the team. #INDvBAN #topstuff
— Jasprit bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) March 18, 2018
You beauty ! @DineshKarthik 👊🏽👌🏼
— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) March 18, 2018
Social media has gone crazy after yesterday's magical knock at Colombo. Dinesh Karthik and his incomparable 29 runs knock are something that has got imprinted on the minds of all the cricket fans. Needing 5 runs off the last ball of the final match, The wicketkeeper-batsman brought the match to a happy ending with his flat six over the extra-cover.
First published: 19 March 2018, 13:15 IST
