Dinesh Karthik becomes 2nd wicketkeeper to complete 150 dismissals in IPL
Mumbai, April 18: Royal Challengers Bangalore's Dinesh Karthik became the second wicketkeeper to complete 150 dismissals in the Indian Premier League.
Notably, after the former CSK skipper MS Dhoni (164), the RCB star is overall only the second wicket-keeper to grab 150 dismissal feast in IPL history.
On Saturday, Dinesh Karthik smashed an unbeaten 66 In the match against DC, while all-rounder Glenn Maxwell played a sublime knock of 55 to guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to a defendable target of 189/5. Royal Challengers Bangalore later beat Delhi Capitals by 16 runs.
In the Indian Premier League 2022, RCB won their fourth match in a row, moving them up to the third place. Delhi, on the other hand, lost their third game in a row.
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Karthik has represented the Mumbai Indians (MI), PBKS, RCB (in 2015), KKR, Gujarat Lions (GL), and the Delhi Daredevils (DD), who are now known as Delhi Capitals (DC), in 219 IPL matches.
Meanwhile, an overseas player in the Delhi Capitals team has tested positive for coronavirus infection, taking the total number of positive cases in the franchise to three.
Earlier, physio Patrick Farhart and the team masseur had tested positive.
The entire Delhi Capitals squad has been quarantined in the hotel for the time being.
As per the reports by several media outlets, an Australian all-rounder showed some symptoms and a Rapid Antigen Test was performed which came positive.
Due to this the team has delayed its travel to Pune. The squad was meant to travel from Mumbai to Pune on Monday, ahead of their match against Punjab Kings at the MCA Stadium on Wednesday.
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