Indian head coach Ravi Shastri was left impressed by Dinesh Karthik’s commentary stint with Sky Sports and even gave his approval to his knowledge of the game. Shastri was one of the best commentators of the game before becoming the Indian head coach. Meanwhile, the Indian team ended the first day on the front foot and started day two on a good note two capitalising the first session of play.
Ravi Shastri Approves Dinesh Karthik’s Commentary
Everything happened when Ravi Shastri heard English commentator David Lloyd praise Karthik for his intelligent commentary on the Sky Sports commentary box. Shastri while listening to the Sky Sports commentary on his earpiece gave his approval to Karthik’s commentary with a thumbs up. Karthik started his commentary stint for Sky Sports in the two-match Test series between England and New Zealand before the WTC final. He was also one of the commentators for the WTC final.
Most definitely Bharat ❤️🙂 https://t.co/LkNLHQmCXs
— DK (@DineshKarthik) August 4, 2021
Dinesh Karthik Looking Forward To UAE Leg
Dinesh Karthik will be back to playing for KKR when the second half of the season starts in the UAE. He was expected to lead the franchise with the England players likely to miss the tournament. However, with the availability of the England players, Eoin Morgan will be back to leading the franchise. However, this does not take away Karthik’s importance from the KKR middle-order. he will also be a dependable ally to Morgan in winning the remaining games.
India dominated proceedings on day 1 bowing out England for 183. Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets as Shami and Shardul took five wickets together.
The absence of Ravichandran Ashwin from the Indian playing XI created a lot of uproar on social media. It even divided the opinion of the cricket experts. Ravindra Jadeja‘s batting prowess helped him get the nod ahead of Ashwin who has been in good form in recent times. He bowled a spell of 6 for 27 as Surrey bundled out Somerset for 69 in their second innings of the English County Championship.
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