Senior Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik on Thursday earned a recall to the Indian team for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy after Manish Pandey was ruled out due to a side strain.
Despite dominating the game for 35 overs, KKR choked in the final stages and lost to Mumbai Indians by 10 runs.
Kolkata Knight Riders coach Chandrakant Pandit was happy with rookie spinner Suyash Sharma's "fighting attitude", saying it was very difficult for rival batters to pick the lad.
Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje are expected to spit fire on a track that will offer steep bounce as India's top-order gears up for its toughest test in adverse conditions against a top-notch South African side in the T20 World Cup on Sunday.
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India committed a "tactical blunder" by dropping Mahendra Singh Dhoni to number seven in the batting order, said former stalwarts Sourav Ganguly and V V S Laxman.
Uthappa pointed out Sanju Samson and Rahul Tripathi as players he would like to see be given more opportunities, with the duo among the highest runs in the most recent session of the India Premier League (IPL).
But he once again tried to assert that Kohli's form is least of concerns as far as he is concerned and also urged people not to be obsessed about one particular player's numbers.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between RCB and Punjab Kings in Navi Mumbai, on Sunday
Both RCB and PBKS will have new captains at the helm in Faf du Plessis and Mayank Agarwal respectively
Nasser Hussain called it an 'interesting look' and quipped it might have been a warm towel to keep himself comfortable on a cold Tuesday afternoon in Southampton
Virat Kohli's return to form and a rather dramatic entry into the IPL play-offs will make Royal Challengers Bangalore a more confident unit when they meet a top-heavy Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2022 Eliminator match in Kolkata on Wednesday.
India beat South Africa by 16 runs in a high-scoring Twenty20 international in Guwahati on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Rishabh Pant could bring some much-needed firepower to the batting order.
Karthik also praised Rohit for the way he has used Indian bowlers and his handling of young players.
Playing IPL 2023's last league stage match, Royal Challengers Bangalore would know what exactly is required of them to qualify for the play-offs, when they face table-toppers Gujarat Titans in Bengaluru on Sunday.
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India discard Dinesh Karthik has tendered an "unconditional apology" for violating BCCI's Central clause by watching a Caribbean Premier League game from the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned Trinbago Knight Riders' dressing room.
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Batting stalwarts Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson's woeful form will be in focus when Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad meet in a return IPL fixture at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
Delhi are enduring a poor start to the season as they have lost all their four games in IPL 2023 so far.
Indian wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha was, on Tuesday, ruled out of the third and final Test against South Africa due to a hamstring injury and will be replaced by Dinesh Karthik in the squad.
'My goodness, the last bit was unbelievable! He's the best batsman in the world for a reason.'
A new captain in the saddle, Kolkata Knight Riders would look to sort out their batting woes and strive for consistency when they face Sunrisers Hyderabad in an intriguing mid-table Indian Premier League clash, in Abu Dhabi, on Sunday.
The Englishman cut Cummins upishly only to see wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik leap to his left and pull off a two finger catch, which the commentators ruled was the catch of the tournament.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik has no qualms playing top-flight cricket in empty stadiums as a majority of the players "have grown up" turning out in domestic matches with few watching them. Opinions are divided on whether sporting events, including the Indian Premier League, should be held behind closed doors once the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals in Pune on Tuesday.
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Nitish Rana played down talk of Suyash Sharma being a "mystery spinner", saying the youngster is just a normal leg-break bowler with the 'X-factor'.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel are likely to be the frontline pacers, but for the third pacer's slot it will be interesting to see if India pick Umran Malik, who troubled quite a few batters in IPL 2022 with his raw pace, or young Arshdeep Singh, who impressed with his consistent performances for Punjab Kings.
The Kolkata Knight Riders eliminate the Rajasthan Royals by 25 runs in a see-saw contest.
Images from Sunday's IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, in Dubai.
Images from Saturday's IPL match between SunRisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders, in Abu Dhabi.
India's white ball players have that imposing alpha-male like presence out there in the middle even if their best player Kohli is on the wane.
Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal. Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Umesh Yadav and Umran Malik. Sam Curran, Harry Brook, Jofra Archer and Kagiso Rabada.
Their winning streak halted by defending champions Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore will hope Harshal Patel returns to the playing eleven and contribute in bringing their campaign back on track when they face Delhi Capitals in the IPL match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
The bowling of Sam Curran and Wood, with support from Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes, has carried England through.
Pant had so far scored 222 runs in the IPL compared to a mere 93 by Karthik, but the latter's experience helped tilt the scale in his favour for the mega-event, starting in England from May 30.
The Indian cricket team will assemble in New Delhi on June 5 ahead of the five-match T20I series against South Africa.
KKR struggled for stability in the last edition in the UAE, while a change of captaincy at the halfway stage did not help them either.
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