Player Dinesh Karthik, who was a part of MS Dhoni’s Winning Team of ICC T20 World Cup in 2007, is being included for the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.
He played a significant role in India’s comeback with his star run in the IPL 2022. He was playing the role of a finisher for RCB and the Indian team. Notably, he had the highest strike rate among the leading run-scorers in the tournament by scoring 210 runs in seven innings at 205.88.
“The bigger vision was to play for the country. I know there is a World Cup around the corner. I want to be part of that World Cup desperately and help India cross the line,” said Karthik. He further added, “It’s been a long time since India won a multi-nation tournament. I want to be that person who is helping India do that. For that, you need to prepare differently, you need to be aware of so many things and try and be that player where people stand up and notice you and say, ‘hey this guy is doing something special and I wanted to be that guy.”
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On Monday, India’s squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia name was revealed where Karthik was cheered after finding a place in India’s T20 World Cup line-up. He posted on Twitter and wrote, “Dreams do come true”.
However, as a reply to that, Indian allrounder Hardik Pandya commented, “Champion”.
Indian squad for T20 World Cup will be: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel and Arshdeep Singh.
Indian Squad for Australia T20Is will be: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd. Shami, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar and Jasprit Bumrah.
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