Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) managed to keep their hopes alive of reaching the playoffs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 as the Faf du Plessis-led side registered an 8-wicket win over Gujarat Titans (GT) on Thursday. RCB are now dependent on Mumbai Indians and they need Rohit Sharma’s team to defeat Delhi Capitals (DC) on Saturday at the Wankhede Stadium.
If Delhi manages to register a win over Mumbai, then both Capitals and RCB will have 16 points, but on the basis of a better net run rate, DCC will manage to reach the playoffs. If Delhi loses, they would be left with 14 points, and hence RCB will go through as they have 16 points.
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Ahead of the crucial game, RCB wicket-keeper batter, Dinesh Karthik shared a throwback picture from his stint with Mumbai Indians. Taking to Twitter, he captioned the post: “Found this in archives. #IPL2022.”
Found this in archives 🤞😛#MIvDC pic.twitter.com/laTOcFAeDM
— DK (@DineshKarthik) May 21, 2022
Mumbai Indians had picked up Dinesh Karthik for the 2012 season and the wicketkeeper-batter represented the franchise for two seasons. In the 2012 edition, Karthik scored 238 runs while in 2012, he registered 510 runs. In the ongoing season, Karthik has been in fine form for RCB, registering 287 runs in 14 games at an average of 57.40, with his highest score being 66 not out.
In 14 games this season, RCB has managed to win eight games and lost six. After the game between GT and RCB, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis made the headlines after they cheered for MI in RCB’s playoff request.
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Faf du Plessis had said, “Trying to put our feet up and chill out for 2 days and support Mumbai. We have 2 more supporters for Mumbai, not just 2 but I think 25 more supporters.” On the other hand, Virat Kohli said, “You might see us in the stadium as well”, adding to that the RCB captain started with the “Mumbai, Mumbai” cheer.
