The 15th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 saw Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) square off against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday (April 10). The game turned out to be an absolu💝te thriller, with LSG winning the contest by just 🌼one wicket on the last ball of the match.
After posting a mammoth total of 212/2 in their allotted 20 overs, RCB looked very much into the game, with their bowlers striking few quick early dismissals to push the Lucknow-based team on the back foot. However, Marcus Stoinis bailed his team out of danger by smashing 65 runs off 3♔0 deliveries and kept th♌eir hopes alive.
Later, Nicholas Pooran‘s sensational 62 off 19 balls turned the game in LSG’s favour and further diminished the chances of RCB. Although when it almost felt like Lucknow would win the game, wickets started falling for them, and the match went down to the final over with one run required of the inning’s last ball. Meanwhile, RCB just needed one wicket to draw the match for a super over.
On the final delivery, LSG batter Avesh Khan failed to hit the ball but ran for a single with his full strength. Dinesh Karthik fumbled to collect the white leather behi🍸nd the stump🐓s and also missed the throw. The missed opportunity by Karthik resulted in one run off the byes, and LSG eventually won the contest.
Soon after the match was over, Karthik’s failed attempt at the crunch moment of the game didn’t go down well with the fans and subjected him to a huge backlash. The netizens trolled the 37-year-old cricketer brutally on social media and went on to compare him with former India captain MS Dhoni.
Here’s how netizens reacted:
Nothing against Dinesh🌌 Karthik but not everyone can hold the nerves like Mahendra Singh Dhoni
— ＲＯＭＥＯ👑 (@iromeostark)
Dinesh Karthik Supremacy 🔥🥺
— Ragaa (@Ragaa_07)
I'm sorry dhoni i compared u with a player like dinesh karthik 💔
— M. (@IconicKohIi)
Dinesh Karthik before last ball bowled.
— Pankaj Singh (@pankajkumar764)
Dinesh Karthik you are not Ms Dhoni bruh !🤣
Vintage Haarcb is back 🔥
— π (@Tujomilaa)
Dinesh Karth♛ik proved why MS DHONI played ahead of him and why Dhoni i🐻s a LEGEND.
— Kachra Seth (@Kachra_Se)
anr day of thanking Ashwin Anna 🌟for doing this and saving us ✱that day, Dinesh Karthik had almost bottled that game asw 😭
— retired ICT fan (@anubhav__tweets)
Dinesh Karthik you are not Ms Dhoni 😭😂
— Sʜʏᴀᴍ Pʀᴀᴛᴀᴘ Sɪɴɢʜ (@_SPSB)
You’ll never be him Dinesh Karthik
— 🇱🇨 (@blitzkrieg71_)
Being compared with MS Dhoni is th🀅e Biggest achievement for Dines𓄧h Karthik.
— 🄺Ⓐ🅃🄷🄸🅁 1⃣5⃣ (@katthikathir)
Dinesh Karthik is such a good finisher…
One day he will finish RCB— Priyaanka (@Priyank_hahaha)
Every RCB fan right Now🤣
Dinesh karthik 🤡🤡
— Abhishek Rathore (@abhii0200)
YK whom to troll today🤣
Dinesh Karthik -CATCH EXPERT? VO KYA HOTA HAI?— 🦕 (@Shobhitontwt)
Drag those clowns who compared the great MS𒆙D with Dinesh Karthik last season
— LEO (@BoyOfMasses)
