Just a few months ago when India were playing a Test series in England, Dinesh Karthik was commentating for the official broadcasters. Following his success at the com box, when TOI asked him whether he would follow it up next season as well, Karthik said: “I will if it doesn’t interfere with my cricket. My dream is to still play for India.”
At that point, that dream seemed a little far-fetched. But following his exploits with the bat in this IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore, a spot in the T20 World Cup squad in Australia in October-November doesn’t look a like distant dream anymore.
Karthik has been in outstanding form in this IPL, batting at a strike rate of 200 coming late down the order and taking RCB to the cusp of qualification. Such has been his influence as a finisher that RCB skipper Faf du Plessis said on Sunday after his team’s win against Sunrisers Hyderabad that he was planning to retire himself out just to let Karthik in.
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