4,4,4,4,4,4,4…. Dinesh Karthik bowled 396 balls in Ranji Trophy, scored so many runs while playing a historic innings.

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|05-10-2024

Dinesh Karthik: Dinesh Karthik is considered one of the most capable wicketkeeper batsmen of the Indian cricket team. Dinesh Karthik has served the Indian cricket team for a long time. Apart from this, Dinesh Karthik has also played with many teams in the Indian Premier League and has performed brilliantly.

When Dinesh Karthik bravely played 396 balls

Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh Karthik

In the year 2008, during the Ranji Trophy Super League match played between Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, Dinesh Karthik, playing for Tamil Nadu, brilliantly faced 396 balls and made the Uttar Pradesh bowlers sweat. Dinesh Karthik played an innings of 213 runs facing close to 400 balls in this match. During this time he had hit 25 fours during this innings.

Tamil Nadu had won on the basis of this innings of Dinesh Karthik.

Thanks to this double century inning of Dinesh Karthik, Tamil Nadu team defeated Uttar Pradesh cricket team by 238 runs in this Ranji Trophy match. In this match, Dinesh Karthik took a total of five catches while keeping wickets in the first innings and he took one catch in the second innings. Thanks to this double century innings of Dinesh, Tamil Nadu won this match.

Dinesh Karthik's career

Dinesh Karthik has scored 1026 runs in 26 test matches for the Indian cricket team. Whereas, in ODI cricket, he has scored a total of 1752 runs in 94 ODI matches for the Indian cricket team. During this period his average has been more than 30. In T20I cricket, Dinesh Karthik has scored a total of 1752 runs in 60 matches at an average of more than 26 and a strike rate of 142. Karthik has only one century innings in his name in international cricket.

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