Dinesh Karthik reveals total shock at No.5 promotion during World Cup 2019 semi-final

Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik recently during an online chat with Harsha Bhogle on Cricbuzz revealed that he was surprised when being asked to bat at .4 during semi-final of World Cup 2019 against New Zealand. Dinesh Karthik only mand to score 5 runs as India lost match by 18 runs and crashed out of tournament. New Zealand, on or hand, progressed into final where y lost to eventual champions England via boundary count rule.

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World Cup 2019: Dinesh Karthik reflects on his batting promotion  

While talking to Harsha Bhogle on Cricbuzz, Dinesh Karthik said that he was taken aback when he was suddenly to get himself ready to bat at .5 ahead of MS Dhoni in World Cup 2019 semi-final.  He claimed that Indian team manment had made it very clear to him that he would be batting at .7, a place at which MS Dhoni eventually batted, much to surprise and chagrin of many. India had lost openers Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli quite early in match so Karthik dwas told to pad up and got promoted to stop flow of quick wickets.

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Dinesh Karthik furr said that he was just sitting in his shorts but had to get ready since India had already lost wickets. He added that he was late to get in and wasn't expecting a wicket to fall but KL Rahul got out and he had to put his pads on. 

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player from Tamil Nadu furr said that he went in to bat in third over and had idea when he got out and it didn't matter since he was just trying to stop  fall of wickets till Trent Boult's spell was over. Speaking about Trent Boult, Dinesh Karthik said that Kiwi pacer was main wrecker-in-chief and when it was time for him to score runs, he was unlucky to get out thanks to a brilliant catch by James Neesham.

Karthik believes that a World Cup semi-final is t just any or game, because pressure is indeed intense, which multiplies against a team like New Zealand.

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World Cup 2019: Team India's performance in semi-final

Chasing a moderate target of 240, Indian team manment n decided to promote Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik to stem New Zealand's charge after taking out India's famed top order. While Karthik failed, Hardik Pandya (32 runs) and Rishabh Pant (32) did try to revive innings but both of m were dismissed as India came under intense pressure.

Following collapse, it was Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni who tried to get innings back on track. With India at 92/6, MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja took 'Men in Blue' past 200-run mark. Just when looked like India would pull off a miraculous victory, Jadeja was dismissed by Trent Boult for 77 and MS Dhoni was run out by Martin Guptill for 50, ending India's chances of victory.