Published 15:05 IST, October 28th 2020
Dinesh Karthik joins top, exclusive Dream11 IPL club led by MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma
Dinesh Karthik may not be in good form at the moment but reached an important milestone in T20 cricket during Kolkata's match against Punjab recently.
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ongoing Dream11 IPL is coming to its business end. However, teams continue to have a strong chance to qualify for kckout sts. Looking at current Dream11 IPL points table, Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore are almost certain to qualify but battle for fourth place is heating up between Punjab, Kolkata, Hyderab and Rajasthan.
While Kolkata will be looking to keep ir chances alive despite losing to Punjab on Monday, former skipper Dinesh Karthik ded a small fear to his career after achieving a milestone during Kolkata vs Punjab match on Monday. Karthik's feat saw him join likes of Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, and Suresh Raina in an elite club.
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Dream11 IPL: Dinesh Karthik achieves milestone in T20I cricket
On Monday, Dinesh Karthik become fourth Indian cricketer to play 300 T20 matches. former Kolkata skipper is placed at fourth spot with 300 appearances in shortest format of game. list is currently led by Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma, who has played 337 matches. second spot belongs to Chennai skipper MS Dhoni with 329 matches, while his teammate Suresh Raina occupies third spot with 319 matches. Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli will soon join elusive list having played 292 T20 matches.
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Apart from joining 300 club, Karthik ded an unwanted record to his name in match versus Punjab. After being dismissed for a duck, Tamil Nu cricketer joined likes of Rohit Sharma, Chennai batsman Shane Watson and former Kolkata skipper Gautam Gambhir to have registered 8 single-digit scores in one season in terms of batsmen in top-five batting positions.
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Dinesh Karthik's form and Kolkata's Dream11 IPL playoff chances
Dinesh Karthik is t having best of time in ongoing Dream11 IPL as he has t been able to score big runs for side. In 12 matches so far, wicketkeeper-batsman has only scored 148 runs. In previous match versus Punjab, Karthik was dismissed by Mohamm Shami for a duck.
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Speaking about Kolkata's chances of qualifying for playoffs, fate remains in ir own hand. y will have to win ir remaining two matches first against alrey eliminated Chennai (29th October) and n against fellow playoff contenders Rajasthan (1st vember) and hope that or results go in ir favour to stand a chance to qualify for playoffs.
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15:05 IST, October 28th 2020