The veteran Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Dinesh Karthik has compared Eoin Morgan’s importance within the England squad to the impact of the MS Dhoni, when he was the captain of the Indian team. Morgan-led England has emerged as runaway favorites to win the T20 World Cup, winning all four matches they have played thus far.

In his latest tweet regarding the same, Dinesh Karthik wrote: “MS DHONI is to India what EOIN MORGAN is to England Well-led @Eoin16. Brilliant yesterday. The team to beat this World T20 is @ECB_cricket #WorldT20 #CricketTwitter.”

M S DHONI is to India what EOIN MORGAN is to England

Well led @Eoin16 . Brilliant yesterday . The team to beat this World T20 is @ECB_cricket #WorldT20 #CricketTwitter

— DK (@DineshKarthik) November 2, 2021

On Monday, Eoin Morgan surpassed MS Dhoni for most wins in men’s T20Is as captain when England beat Sri Lanka by 26 runs, thus recording their fourth consecutive win in the ongoing tournament and cruising into the knockouts. They have a net run rate of a whopping +3.183, helped by their dominant wins against the West Indies and Bangladesh.

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Eoin Morgan had earlier led England to win their maiden ODI World Cup title in 2019. They are now looking to become the first team to hold the ODI and T20I World Cup titles simultaneously.

Put in to bat, England’s batting looked under pressure for the first time in the tournament on Tuesday but Jos Buttler’s unbeaten 101 off 67 balls fired them to a strong 163/4 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Sri Lanka threatened to pull off an upset at one stage before being bowled out for 137 all out in 19 overs to go down despite Wanindu Hasaranga’s all-around brilliance.

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Eoin Morgan later said that Buttler had played one his best ever innings. He said, “I thought Jos Buttler played one of his best-ever innings in an England shirt. We’re just delighted with the win. Sri Lanka have pushed us further than we’ve been pushed so far in this tournament.”