Published 14:05 IST, November 10th 2022

India vs England: Netizens react as India drop Dinesh Karthik for T20 World Cup semifinal

He was picked in the 15-member squad as a finisher, a role he has not been able to perform to his full abilities in the ongoing tournament.

Reported by: Vishal Tiwari
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India and England are currently locking horns against each or in second semifinal of ongoing T20 World Cup 2022. England captain Jos Buttler won toss and asked India to bat first at elaide Oval. Dinesh Karthik has been left out of playing XI and Rishabh Pant has been ded to team in his place. Netizens, however, are t happy with decision of Indian team manment to leave Karthik out of team in such a crucial match of tournament, and that too after playing him in first four group-st games. 

India vs England: Dinesh Karthik misses out

Meanwhile, re is denying fact that Karthik has t been able to play his best cricket in ongoing T20 World Cup. He was picked in 15-member squ as a finisher, a role he has t been able to perform to his full abilities in ongoing tournament. He played first four matches for side and failed in all of those games. Karthik was dismissed for just 1 run in India's opening match against Pakistan on October 23. he did t get opportunity to bat in next match against Nerlands. He was n removed for 6 and 7 runs against South Africa and Banglesh, respectively. 

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India vs England: Playing XIs

India's Playing XI: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, R. Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh. 

England's Playing XI: Jos Buttler (c, wk), Alex Hales, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, il Rashid.

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14:05 IST, November 10th 2022