The BCCI has named Dinesh Karthik as Saha’s replacement for Afghanistan’s debut Test match to be held in Bengaluru starting June 14. “Mr Wriddhiman Saha has been ruled out of the one-off Paytm Test against Afghanistan to be held in Bengaluru from the 14th of June, 2018,” BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary said in a … Read more
COLOMBO: Dinesh Karthik is no Hrishikesh Kanitkar or Joginder Sharma but the Indian batsman is not complaining about the “memories of a lifetime” that his last-ball six against Bangladesh created. Kanitkar’s boundary against Pakistan under fading Bangabandhu Stadium lights in Dhaka or Joginder Sharma’s final over act against the arch-rivals in the inaugural T20 World Cup at the Wanderers were one-off … Read more
New Delhi: He hit the last ball, a half-volley from Soumya Sarkar, over extra cover and waited that extra minute to see whether it would clear the ropes. It did and a seemingly nonchalant Dinesh Karthik raised his arms, he had taken India to an improbable last-ball win over Bangladesh. When he’d walked in to bat, favourites … Read more
New Delhi: Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik smashed the last ball six as the Men in Blue defeated Bangladesh by four wickets in the nail-biting final to clinch the Nidahas T20 Tri-Series. Even though Rohit Sharma hit the half-century, but Karthik with his cameo stole the show with his fabulous batting as the 32-year old smashed 29 … Read more
