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“Dinesh Karthik vs Bangladeshi bowlers love story continues”- Twitter reacts as Karthik whacks 4,4,4,6,6,4 against Mustafizur Rahman

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Dinesh Karthik played a sensational innings of 66 runs against the Delhi Capitals earlier tonight at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He took a special liking to Bangladeshi star Mustafizur Rahman as he smacked 28 runs off his six deliveries in the 18th over of the RCB innings.

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Talking about the first innings of the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals, DC captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and decided to field first. His bowlers got the team off to a good start as the openers Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat were back in the dressing room before the powerplay phase ended.

Virat Kohli soon followed them to the pavilion as he got run out and RCB slumped to 40/3 after 6.2 overs. Glenn Maxwell then came to the team’s rescue with a counter-attacking 34-ball 55. Speaking to the host broadcasters after the first innings, Maxwell said:

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“It (the season) has started okay but still plenty of work to do. Very happy with the total we’ve got. The way we started, we lost a couple of wickets in the Powerplay. It was time to rebuild but when Kuldeep came on I think it was time to kick on. DK and Shahbaz batted brilliantly – they manipulated the field really well.”

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Fans on Twitter laud Dinesh Karthik for his phenomenal innings against Delhi Capitals

Karthik came out to bat for RCB at number seven when the team’s score was 92/5 after 11.2 overs. Fans thought even 150 would be a good total from thereon, but Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed stitched up an unbeaten 97-run sixth-wicket partnership to guide RCB to 189/5 in 20 overs.

During his 34-ball 66, Karthik smashed five fours and five sixes, with four fours and two sixes coming against Mustafizur Rahman in one over only. Here’s how fans on Twitter reacted to his performance:

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