Dinesh Karthik was one of many three half-centurions for Royal Challengers Bengaluru within the recreation towards Mumbai Indians (MI) on Thursday (April 11). Faf du Plessis (61 off 40) and Rajat Patidar (50 of 26) batted properly nevertheless it was the loss of life overs present from Karthik that helped RCB put up a complete of 196 runs on the board of their 20 overs. He smashed an unbeaten 53 off simply 23 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes that gave a glimmer of hope for the RCB fans on the finish of the primary innings.

But MI batters blew them away on a dewy night because the five-time champions gunned down the 197-run goal in simply 15.3 overs. It was the fifth loss in six matches for RCB this season and they’re coming into a must-win zone before anticipated. Expectedly, the morale within the dressing room was not nice after such a crushing loss however Karthik who received the participant of the match within the team insisted that they will nonetheless flip it round this season and that the gamers want to dig deep.

He additionally famous that how passionate the fans have been supporting the team over time. Moreover, he additionally assured everybody that there are high quality gamers accessible within the dressing room and it’s only a matter of them clicking as a team now. “First of all, I would like to say, I do know it has been laborious for all of us. Rather a lot tougher for the fans, everyone knows how passionate they’re. It’s not simple. All I can say is we’re placing in all of the efforts. Nothing comes simple. We’ll try our greatest. Most importantly, it has been a tough couple of weeks.

“But I can tell you the quality is available in the room. It’s only a matter of making sure we dig deep and do something really special for ourselves, for our pride but most importantly for RCB fans who’ve been supporting us for all these years. I am sure they’ll keep supporting us,” Karthik stated in a video posted on X by RCB deal with. They are scheduled to face Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) subsequent on Monday (April 15) and it’s a huge encounter for RCB as they appear to finish their four-match dropping streak.