Dinesh Karthik thanks Ashwin for saving him during Indo-Pak match© Twitter
Rohit Sharma-led Team India registered a famous victory over Pakistan on Sunday on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the back of an unbeaten 82 by the right-handed batsman. Virat Kohli, was hit by the winning run Ravichandran Ashwin Because the team needed just one run off the last ball of the over. He hit the ball over the head of the mid-on fielder, and as the winning run was completed, Ashwin and Virat Kohli celebrated in style. Came out to bat with Ashwin Dinesh Karthik Being out on the last ball of the match and on the last ball, the team needed 2 runs.
He then calmly let the ball bowled by Pakistan bowler Mohammad Nawaz slip down the leg side and it resulted in a wide which meant the score was level. And then on the next ball, he hit the ball over mid-on and helped India register a win.
On Tuesday, the official social media handle of BCCI posted a video of Team India leaving for Melbourne from Sydney where they will play their second match of the tournament against Netherlands on Thursday.
In the video, Dinesh Karthik thanked Ashwin and said, ‘Thank you for saving me yesterday, so cool and calm.
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we are here for our second game #T20World Cup, #teamindia pic.twitter.com/96toEZzvqe
—BCCI (@BCCI) 25 October 2022
The last over was dramatic with Mohammad Nawaz taking the wickets of Hardik and Dinesh Karthik, but he also bowled a no ball to Kohli, which cost Pakistan.
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Lastly, speaking about Ashwin’s role and calmness, Kohli said that it was easy for him to get excited but the veteran India player kept his calm.
“When you need 15-16 runs per over, and then the equation comes down to 2 runs off 2 balls, people can be relaxed or over-excited that the target is almost achieved. Then Dinesh Karthik got out, I saw Ashwin. Asked him to hit it. Over the covers. But that time pe Ash ne dimaag pe op raha bhi karna liye (Ashwin had used his brain at that time). It was a very brave act, he came inside the line. Gaya and the ball became a situation where if the ball went into the gap, we would win and the same thing happened,” Kohli said while talking to Star Sports.
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