Dinesh Karthik takes Rohit Sharma's 'T20 World Cup mein select hona hai' tease seriously, smashes IP

Dinesh Karthik has so far scored 226 runs in 7 matches at a strike rate of 205.45 in IPL 2024. Has he taken Rohit Sharma's T20 World Cup tease seriously?

There's something about Dinesh Karthik and comebacks. He is never quite out of the picture, especially when a big tournament - in this case, the T20 World Cup - is just around the corner. He has already hinted that will be his last in the league but what's stopping him from making another appearance in India colours in the T20 World Cup in June this year? His performance in the 17th edition of IPL certainly isn't.

has so far scored 226 runs in 7 matches at a strike rate of 205.45 this season and is showing no signs of slowing down.

Days after being teased about playing another T20 World Cup, Karthik played another breathtaking knock for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in an IPL 2024 match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

"Shabash DK! T20 World Cup mein selection ke liye push karna hai isko. Dimagh mein chal raha hai iske World Cup. (Well done DK! He is pushing for a spot in the T20 World Cup. His mind is occupied with the thought of the World Cup)," was caught saying on the stump mic during the MI vs RCB match in Wankhede on April 11. Karthik had hit five fours and four sixes in his unbeaten 53-run knock of 23 balls that night. It could not ensure an RCB win but was enough to force social media to talk about his inclusion in India's T20 World Cup side as a keeper and finisher

It cannot be said with certainty whether Karthik gave any reply to Rohit's tease. Even if he did, the stump mics didn't catch it. For theatrics, we would like to believe, he let his bat do all the talking. And it continued to talk in the most mesmerising way possible on Monday against SRH.