File photo of Dinesh Karthik.© BCCI/IPL
‘Catches win matches’ is one of the most used proverbs in the game of cricket. And that could be the case when a high-flying Jos Buttler beat a Harshal Patel delivery in the 11th over of the Rajasthan Royals chase, offering an easy catch to Royal Challengers Bangalore wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik. However, inexplicably, Karthik failed to take the regulatory catch while Buttler hit at 66 at the time. The Rajasthan Royals star then hit an unbeaten 106 to help his team reach their first IPL final since 2008. For Dinesh Karthik and RCB it was a case of what could have been.
In Karthik’s defence, RR was well on his way to chase the goal and Buttler’s wicket might not have made a difference in the bigger picture.
On the other hand, if Karthik had taken the catch, who knows, RR might have collapsed and collapsed one at bat.
But just the fact that Karthik dropped such a simple catch was hard to fathom.
Watch: Dinesh Karthik drops a simple catch from Jos Buttler during the RR vs RCB IPL 2022 Qualifier 2
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In the game, RR won the toss and chose to field.
RCB lost Virat Kohli again, but Faf du Plessis and Rajat Patidar kept the ship stable. Patidar scored 58 runs off 42 balls. Glenn Maxwell hit 24 from 13 balls, but was sent off by Trent Boult before he could do any serious damage.
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RCB lost their way in the last five overs with RR pacers Obed McCoy and Prasidh Krishna putting pressure on the opposition.
RR made mincemeat of the target in front of them. Yashasvi Jaiswal gave the team a fast start before Buttler took over. The Englishman scored his fourth century in IPL 2022 to help RR chase the goal with seven wickets in hand and 11 balls left.
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