Dinesh Karthik Becomes Second Highest Run-Getter In Death Overs Of IPL Since 2022

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] : Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Dinesh Karthik became the player with the highest strike rate in the death overs (17-20 overs) and the second-highest run-getter in the death overs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 following his outstanding cameo against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Monday.

Virat Kohli's batting masterclass combined with Karthik and Mahipal Lomror's finishing touches sealed a four-wicket win for the RCB against PBKS at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru at the IPL 2024.

The right-hand batter played an unbeaten knock of 28 runs from just 10 balls which was laced with three fours and two sixes in his innings. In this innings the 38-year-old cricketer scored runs at a strike rate of 280.

With this knock, the Chennai-born player became the second-highest run-getter in the death overs (17-20 overs). He has scored 372 runs at a strike rate of 203.27 and is just behind Rajasthan Royals (RR) batter Shimron Hetmyer who has scored 383 runs at a strike rate of 197.42.

The other three batters in the top five list are Rinku Singh of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with 351 runs at a strike rate of 195, Tim David from Mumbai Indians (MI) who has scored 290 runs at a strike rate of 207.14 and at the fifth number comes left-hand batter David Miller from Gujarat Titans (GT) who has scored 285 runs at a strike rate of 161.01.