Dinesh Karthik scores the winning runs for RCB against PBKS in the IPL 2024 match with a boundary hit
26 March at 10:41 am
Royal Challengers Bangalore player Dinesh Karthik produced a brilliant performance at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday to help his team win their first match in IPL 2024. He hit a powerful shot, edging bowler Arshdeep Singh and securing a tense victory. This happened in the last over of the match when RCB needed 10 runs from 6 balls. After this, Karthik turned the match in favor of his team by playing a big shot for six runs. The next ball was wide and Karthik hit a four on the third ball, which filled the audience with excitement. Earlier, RCB won the toss and decided to bowl first. Mohammed Siraj and Glenn Maxwell took two wickets each and restricted Punjab Kings to 176 runs in 20 overs. Shikhar Dhawan was the top scorer for them by scoring 45 runs in 37 balls. Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran and Jitesh Sharma also made good contributions. Karthik, who remained unbeaten on 28 off 10 balls, credited Mahipal Lomror (17* off 8 balls) for his support in achieving the target. He mentioned this during an interview with the host broadcaster.