Although RCB lost Virat Kohli early in the innings, they didn’t let their total falter. Faf du Plessis played a captain’s knock. Whereas Rajat Patidar and Glenn Maxwell helped him establish partnerships. Faf du Plessis scored his third half-century this season scoring 73*. Indian wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik is looking in great touch this year. He is the best finisher this year. Be it from adding final touches to the team’s total in the first inning to chasing a huge total in the second inning. DK is the one to rescue RCB. Faf du Plessis made a revelation last match and was contemplating retiring out to get Dinesh Karthik to bat.
Faf du Plessis reveals contemplating retiring out to get Dinesh Karthik in
When a team’s captain looks to be in great form, their confidence gets a boost. RCB’s newly appointed skipper Faf du Plessis has been hitting the ball really well. Faf has a total of 389 runs in 12 matches so far. He closely missed a century getting dismissed at 96 against LSG. He scored 88 and 57 against Punjab as well. Yesterday, RCB took on SRH and Faf was hitting the ball well, scoring 73*. However, he made a shocking revelation post the match. Faf tells he was considering retiring out to get the in-form Dinesh Karthik to add the crucial final touches to the team’s total. However, Maxwell was dismissed and Karthik could come in. DK smashed 4 sixes and a four to score 30 off 8.
“If he (Dinesh Karthik) is hitting sixes like that, we want to get him in and bat as long as possible. He’s just so clear. To be honest, I was actually trying to get out because I was so tired, to get DK in. We were even contemplating – myself ‘retiring out’. And then, we lost that wicket. DK is in such good form. It was a tricky wicket. A lot of guys, their first few balls, they struggled. Lucky for us, there was a drop catch of DK and he just took them apart.“
Faf du Plessis
