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Dinesh Kartik in action for RCB at IPL 2023© AFP
Dinesh Kartik has not been in good form in the current Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 and the veteran cricketer added a rather unwelcome record to his name during the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals in Bangalore on Saturday. Karthik was fired by Kuldip Yadav for the golden duck and it was 15th place.th point for him in the competition. Karthik is currently tied with Mandeep Singh as the batter with the most ducks in IPL history. Both Rohit Sharma and Sunil Narine are second on the list of unwanted persons with 14 ducks in their names.
Karthik has been part of the IPL since its first season in 2008 and has played for six franchises so far. He joined RCB of Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2022 season.
Vijaykumar Vishak took three wickets on debut to complement Virat Kohli’s commanding fifty as Royal Challengers Bangalore returned to winning ways with a dominant 23-run victory.
Kohli (50 off 34 balls) scored his third fifty in four innings – assisted by six boundaries and six – before Kuldip Yadav (4-1-23-2) led the Delhi Capitals’ attack on the left hand. medium overs limit RCB to 174/6 after David Warner decided to bowl.
The bottom placed Delhi team, who entered the match after four losses at the trot, then ridiculed the 175-run chase as they were capped at 151/9 in the stipulated 20 overs.
Delhi lost four powerplay wickets, including to Skipper Warner (19 out of 13 balls) and had 2 runs out of 3 wickets at one stage.
However, the team coached by Ricky Ponting has little time left to open their scoring after five matches. They now face the daunting task of winning eight of their remaining nine games to secure a playoff spot.
RCB, on the other hand, got their campaign back on track after consecutive losses as they have four points in the same number of matches.
Vyshak, who was handed debut in place of Karn Sharma, took his first wicket in the form of Warner with a slower delivery en route to his memorable 3/20 catch.
(with PTI inputs)
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