The veteran Indian wicket-keeper-batsman, Dinesh Karthik, who made his debut of a different kind during the World Test Championship (WTC) final, earned a name for himself in more ways than one. Karthik made his commentary debut in the ongoing match between India and England, three months after he was part of the commentary team for England’s broadcasters Sky Sports during the India-England limited-overs series earlier this year in March.
Dinesh Karthik was part of the first panel, which started the game from the first over to the eighth, alongside former England skipper, Nasser Hussain and former New Zealand fast bowler Simon Doull, the wicket-keeper batsman earned a name for himself.
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While most of the fans and the viewers were impressed by Dinesh Karthik’s precision and insights and analysis on air, he also took a cheeky dig at Nasser Hussain after the latter praised the opening batsman Rohit Sharma. Hussain had said, “Rohit is a great puller of the short ball. Uses his feet well against spin. Shows positive intent.”
The whole thing started with Nasser Hussain praising Rohit Sharma’s ability to play the pull shot beautifully and also commended his positive approach and play the spinner well too. “Rohit is a great puller of the short ball. Uses his feet well against spin. Shows positive intent,” said Hussain. Karthik, instantly trolled him saying, “Yes, exactly the opposite of you.”
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After the response, the fans were in awe of Karthik more and loved his replyed to the former English spinner. Currently, the WTC final is poised in favor of New Zealand as they were standing at 101/2 at the end of Day 3 with India getting bundled out for a meager score of 217. Here is how Twitter users reacted to Karthik’s reply:
Nasser Hussein after Dinesh karthik commentary #dineshkarthik pic.twitter.com/L3ELIoSqIw
— Meraj Khan (शेखर)🇮🇳 (@merajkhan_) June 19, 2021
Nasser Hussain: Rohit is a great puller of the short ball. Uses his feet well against spin. Shows positive intent.
Dinesh Karthik: yes, exactly the opposite of you🤣😭🤣😭
Absolute gold sledging in the commentary🤣😭— ?????? (@momoschahiye) June 19, 2021
Dinesh Karthik sledging Nasser Hussain in the commentary box. GOLD! 😅#INDvNZ
— S A N G H I 🚩 (@tweet2shanty) June 19, 2021
Dinesh Karthik might be my favourite commentator already. And I heard him talk only for half an hour.
It says something about the standards as well I guess in Indian commentary.#WTCFinal21 #WTCFinal2021
— Gurkirat Singh Gill (@gurkiratsgill) June 19, 2021
Dinesh Karthik upping the commentary game, more importantly just get into direct points and at times cheeky as well. #INDvNZ
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 19, 2021
#WTC2021Final #IndiaVsNewZealand #WTCFinal21 #dineshkarthik
Literally me to #ICC after seeing their decision to put Dinesh Karthik at the commentary box pic.twitter.com/FqOcO0DMab
— Debanshi Biswas (@BiswasDebanshi) June 19, 2021
