New Delhi: India’s star batter Dinesh Karthik delivered a stunning performance in the SA20 League against Joburg Super Kings at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The wicketkeeper-batter struck his first-ever fifty in the league, guiding his team Paarl Royals out of a challenging spot. He scored 53 runs off 39 balls, including 4 boundaries and 3 sixes.
Here’s the video of 3 consecutive sixes:
MAIDEN SA20 FIFTY FROM DINESH KARTHIK.
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— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 30, 2025
Recently, Dinesh Karthik moved ahead of MS Dhoni in the list of top run-scorers in T20 cricket while representing Paarl Royals in the current season of SA20 against Durban Super Giants on January 27. Karthik required only three runs to surpass Dhoni, and he achieved this by scoring 21 runs off 15 balls, including two sixes, marking a significant milestone in the shortest format of the game.
The 39-year-old has now accumulated 7451 runs in 361 T20 innings, with an average of 26.99 and a strike rate of 136.84, along with 34 half-centuries. He has also hit 258 sixes and 718 fours in his career. In comparison, Dhoni has scored 7432 runs in 342 innings at an average of 38.11, with a strike rate of 135.64, including 28 fifties, 517 fours, and 338 sixes. However, Dhoni still leads when it comes to the most runs as a wicketkeeper-batter, having scored 7160 runs in 332 innings, while Karthik has made 6547 runs in 308 innings.
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