On 3 rd July 2022, right handed 37 years old batsman Dinesh Karthik, expressed his excitement after making his India Captaincy versus Derbyshire debut via a
beautiful tweet.
All of you can check out the emotional tweet by Dinesh Karthik below, in which
he’s holding a gorgeous trophy and saying thanks to all who have supported him.
It’s the first time when he led the team in blue!
“Felt Special And Great Honour” tweet!
Have been around for many years but this was the first time I led the team in blue. Even though it was a warm-up game, it felt special and a great honour. Big thanks to all who have always supported and for the wishes.
— DK (@DineshKarthik) July 2, 2022
Proud of being a part of this team 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/B7oaxhJ1JS
When everyone was excited for the rescheduled fifth Test match between India
and England at Edgbaston, talented Dinesh karthik was Captaining his team India
in a practice match against Derbyshire.
After hitting a century in the second T20I match against Ireland, right handed
batsman Deepak Hooda scored 59 runs off 37 balls in the match against
Derbyshire. Team India defeated the Derbyshire players by seven wickets.
Deepak Hooda along with Suryakumar Yadav shared 78 runs which gives tough
competition to Derbyshire players.
While fielding duo Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh took two wickets and left the Derbyshire to 150 for 8 in the beginning. 27
years old Sanju Samson also scored 38 runs in 30 balls, but the skipper Dinesh
Karthik remained unbeaten on seven.
Opposition team’s Wayne Madsen scored 28 runs from 21 balls, which was the
highest score of Derbyshire in that match.
About the upcoming matches!
Team India will play their second warm up match on Sunday, 10 July 2022 against
Northamptonshire following the white ball series against England.
All of you must be very excited for the upcoming T20I and One Day Internationals
series against England, beginning from 7 th July. Both teams will play three ODI and three Twenty20 matches and fight with each other energetically, to win the
battle.
Let’s highlight about Dinesh Karthik!
The Indian professional cricket is currently playing for Royal Challengers
Bangalore in IPLs and also serve captaincy to Tamil Nadu cricket team. He made
his debut in 2004 and becomes the fourth Indian batsman to play 300 Twenty20
matches.
Karthik becomes the part of commentary team during India England T20I and ODI
series held in March last year. He made his commentary debut for the
broadcasters of England and Wales Cricket board.
After successfully commenting in the India England match, Dinesh was also part of the commentary team during England-Sri Lanka T20 and ODI series in July 2021.
After playing so many ODIs, Tests, IPLs and International matches, Dinesh Karthik
was promoted and was announced as the captain of India cricket team for the 20
practice matches against Northamptonshire and Derbyshire.
So, what do you think, was the decision of making Dinesh Karthik as warm-up
matches skipper, right or not? Comment your views and share your excitement
about the upcoming ODIs and T20I matches between Indian and England!
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