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IPL 2024: Got to give credit to the bowlers – Dinesh Karthik after win against GT

Royal Challengers Bengaluru veteran wicket-keep bat Dinesh Karthik lauded the team’s bowlers after their four-wicket win against Gujarat Titans at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Saturday. After RCB skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to bowl first, the hosts were able to skittle out the visitors for a paltry score of 147.

Mohammed Siraj was able to hit the right areas and dismissed Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha with the new ball. Subsequently, Cameron Green got rid of in-form Sai Sudharsan as GT was reduced to 19-3 after 5.3 overs.

Furthermore, Yash Dayal also returned with impressive figures of 2-21 as he accounted for Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia. Moreover, Vijaykumar Vyshak had figures of 2-23 in the 3.3 overs he bowled whereas Karn Sharma got the big wicket of David Miller.

Karthik feels it was not easy to bat in the first innings and their bowlers were able to make the most of the conditions.

Dinesh Karthik said after the win, “The pitch was initially good to bowl on. Being under the covers for so long, there was a bit of moisture. It was sticky, tough to start on, good toss to win and we bowled very well. Got to give credit to the bowlers. No matter what the pitch is, to keep the score under the score we kept at the end of six overs is quite a task and I thought they bowled beautifully today.”

Karthik also showered praise on the opening duo of Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli. Faf scored a blistering knock of 64 off 23 balls, reaching his fifty off just 18 balls whereas Kohli scored 42 off 27 balls. The RCB openers added 92 runs for the opening alliance in the first six overs.

Karthik added, “The way Faf and Virat batted, I don’t think you could have played the some kind of shots if you were batting first. Also, the skill that both of them have, I enjoyed how they went about things.”

Royal Challengers Bengaluru will next take on Punjab Kings at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala on Thursday.

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