Thanks for saving me: Dinesh Karthik heaps praise on Ravichandran Ashwin for ‘cool’ finish in IND vs PAK

Dinesh Karthik and Ravichandran Ashwin in Sydney. (BCCI/Screengrab)

In a recent video uploaded by the BCCI Twitter handle, showing the Indian team landing in Sydney for their next match against the Netherlands, Karthik thanked Ashwin for bailing him out.
The last over of the India-Pakistan match on Sunday will live forever in the memory of cricket fans across the globe with enough twists and turns to put any thriller movie to shame.

Hello Sydney 👋

We are here for our 2⃣nd game of the #T20WorldCup! 👏 👏#TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/96toEZzvqe

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 25, 2022

One run, two runs, three runs, four runs, wide ball, no ball, free hit, catch, clean bowled, run out, stumping – you name any rule of cricket, it was in the last over. Indian players Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli were in the eye of the storm as they took on the mammoth task of scoring 16 runs in that over bowled by Mohammad Nawaz.

In the first ball of that over, India lost Hardik Pandya in place of Dinesh Karthik, but the finisher was dismissed when India needed two runs from two balls. Ravichandran Ashwin came to the middle when Karthik was stumped by Nawaz. Nawaz didn’t follow the ball and used his experience. With 1 run needed off the last ball, as the Melbourne Cricket Ground erupted, Ashwin scooped the ball over the inner circle and raised his arms to the other end.
In a recent video uploaded by the BCCI Twitter handle, showing the Indian team landing in Sydney for their next match against the Netherlands, Karthik thanked Ashwin for bailing him out.