IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik, was subject to the rage of fans following yet another failure with the bat. He scored 22 off 18 balls in the Indian Premier League match against the Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday. He was the only labelled hitter for his team remaining in the 18th over when he was out at a vital time. In response to Karthik’s poor batting performance in IPL 2023, fans started trolling him on social media. Here are a few of the reactions. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
Dinesh Karthik is responsible for Suyash Prabhudessai getting run out in two consecutive games.😭
DK should go back to commentary box now. pic.twitter.com/e8JZBOCEo3
— Incognito (@Incognito_qfs) April 26, 2023
In addition to Karthik’s batting difficulties, fellow all-rounder Suyash Prabhudessai was run out due to a misunderstanding with the wicket-keeper batter in the middle. RCB needed Karthik and Parbhudessai to form a crucial partnership and help the team surpass KKRs’ total of 200 runs after having 5 own for 115. To the dismay of the crowd, Parbhudessai was dismissed in the 15th over after a promising start to their partnership due to a misunderstanding.
Dinesh Karthik after every run out. #RCB #rcbvskkr #KKR pic.twitter.com/enU9JfFCUU
— Anirban Ghoshᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@Anirban_Ghosh_) April 26, 2023
Dinesh Karthik Run Out Again
Suyash Prabhudessai this time
RCB vs KKR
Virat Kohli
Rt#ViratKohli #dineshkarthik #RCBvKKR #rcbvskkr #kkrvsrcb #KKRvRCB pic.twitter.com/qFm9ydwFgr
— Gomzee (@GelaniParody) April 26, 2023
🗣 “Dinesh Karthik is part time cricketer and full time commentator”.
Vikrant Gupta was not wrong. #RCBvsKKR #IPL2023pic.twitter.com/euK6ustkdc
— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) April 26, 2023
Chasing 200+ plus at Chinnaswamy:
Expectation Reality
Dinesh Karthik’s biggest achievement is that he was compared with Thala pic.twitter.com/yI34YShqX8
— Vansh (@vanshtweetz) April 26, 2023
Dinesh Karthik The Greatest Finisher Will Finish RCB One Day 😭😂. pic.twitter.com/iGsxXmfERB
— Aufridi Chumtya (@ShuhidAufridi) April 26, 2023
Dinesh Karthik without that Nidahas Trophy Final pic.twitter.com/sRa2EKI3iI
— Vish 🫡 (@vixsh_) April 26, 2023
The previous IPL season, the seasoned wicket-keeper batter led his team in several valiant run-chases. But for him, this season’s narrative has been very different. After the game, RCB’s interim captain Virat Kohli was blunt in his criticism of his team’s performance against the Knight Riders.
“To be honest we handed them the game. We did deserve to lose. We handed them a victory. We were certainly not up to standard. If you look at the game, we didn’t capitalize our chances. We dropped a few chances which cost us 25-30 runs. We set up ourselves really well. We ended up hitting the fielder to balls that weren’t wicket-taking. It is what’s on the scoreboard and how to get them.
“Even while chasing, despite losing wickets we were one partnership away from being in the game. We needed one partnership to get us home. We need to be switched on and not give away soft plays. We have won one and lost one on the road. It is not something that is making us nervous. We need to win some away games to be in good shape for the later stages of the tournament,” Kohli said.
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