Ajay Jadeja hails Dinesh Karthik’s game plans

Ajay Jadeja heaped praises on the KKR skipper. “Have to admit that he (Dinesh Karthik) pulled off a Dhoni. What MS Dhoni has been doing with other teams, today Karthik managed to do the same by dictating the play.

Hyderabad: Kolkata Knight Riders staged a remarkable comeback to defeat Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs on Wednesday night in the IPL. At one stage, CSK were in cruise mode before KKR halted their progress. Karthik held back their experienced spinner Sunil Narine who made run scoring difficult in the later stages.

Former Indian cricketer Ajay Jadeja heaped praises on the KKR skipper. “Have to admit that he (Dinesh Karthik) pulled off a Dhoni. What MS Dhoni has been doing with other teams, today Karthik managed to do the same by dictating the play. His decision to make Pat Cummins bowl the 11th over saw the game slowing down and then Karthik decided to throw Sunil Narine in the middle. Narine only conceded 3-4 runs and these were the moments where the game shifted in favour of KKR,” he said.

“There was always that belief that CSK can chase down all sorts of targets and that fear often made the opposition teams make wrong decisions. Today, Karthik stood by his plans even though the Super Kings had 90 runs in the first 10 overs. Hats off to Karthik,” added Jadeja.