The South African veteran changed gears in the last five overs, smashing six sixes and five fours in an unbeaten 73 off 33 balls to set up an 82-run win for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Royal Challengers Banglore (RCB) marked an 82-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Oct 12.
Karthik was under pressure as a batsman and a captain in the ongoing IPL. He partially ticked off the second box with a win against Chennai Super Kings and hoping to do the same on Saturday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, but he definitely ticked off the first with a match-turning fifty.
KKR captain Dinesh Karthik called out Shah Rukh Khan in the stands and introduced Rahul Tripathi. Watch the video.
With the catch, Dhoni surpassed Karthik to set the record for most catches by a wicketkeeper in IPL history. With a total of four catches in the match. Dhoni took his IPL career tally to 104 catches, standing one ahead of Karthik's 103.
Dinesh Karthik, who has been facing criticism for some of his decisions as captain, will face another stern test when his side takes on MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings.
Aakash Chopra voiced his criticism on Kolkata Knight Riders' batting order, which raised many eyebrows during the match against Delhi Capitals on Saturday.
KKR's twin IPL-winning captain Gautam Gambhir has offered a solution to the side's batting order dilemma, following the side's loss to Delhi Capitals on Saturday.
Despite scoring only 27 runs in four innings this season, captain Dinesh Karthik remains unfazed and has in fact put his weight behind the West Indies all-rounder.
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik has opted to defend a total on the flat track of Sharjah as he has sent in Delhi Capitals to bat first after winning the toss, drops Kuldeep Yadav for an extra batsman in Rahul Tripathi.
The trio of Shubman Gill, Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti put on impressive performances against Rajasthan Royals, as KKR cruised to a 37-run win.
While he was delighted with his team's convincing win on Saturday, Karthik, who failed to open his account, said he will look to get going in the coming matches.
Both teams will be looking to open their account in IPL 2020 having lost their opener. While SRH lost to RCB at the same venue earlier this week, KKR were thrashed comprehensively by defending champions Mumbai Indians.
Pat Cummins conceded 49 runs off three overs in KKR's opening game of the season against MI, but Dinesh Karthik has said that it's very unfair to judge him after one game.
The MI skipper puts in his customary flawless show on a difficult Abu Dhabi surface to take the game away from KKR.
The former Indian opener says it’s difficult to drop an Indian player as your captain in an Indian Premier League team.
As most must have predicted, KKR, who become the last team to kick off their IPL 2020 campaign, picked Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine as their four overseas players.
The Mumbai Indians pacer has found it difficult in the past to contain the KKR wicket-keeper batsman.
The England batsman hopes the green top pitches in the UAE will allow him to adapt early as he is available for the tie against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday.
The Kolkata Knight Riders captain reveals coach doesn’t want him to bat where DK wishes to.
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