Dinesh Karthik: If we talk about the most senior players of Team India, then the name of wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik will be included in the list. Let us tell you that this player from Tamil Nadu made his international debut for India in the year 2004.

At the same time, he is an active cricketer even in the year 2024. Karthik is one of those few players whose record in international cricket has not been anything special. However, the right-handed batsman has scored a lot of runs in domestic cricket. Fans still praise Dinesh Karthik for his 213-run innings played against UP.

Let us discuss that innings again in this article today.

When Dinesh Karthik scored a double century

Actually this incident is of 2008. Ranji Trophy league matches were being played.

Under this UP and Tamil Nadu faced each other. If we talk about this match, after winning the toss, Tamil Nadu decided to bowl first. Batting first, UP's team was all out after scoring only 150 runs in the first innings. Tamil Nadu, who came to play in the first innings, lost two wickets for only 41 runs.

However, after this, captain Dinesh Karthik batted brilliantly. This right-handed batsman thrashed the bowlers and scored 213 runs facing 396 balls. He hit not one or two but 25 fours during his innings. During this, Karthik's strike rate was 53.78.

The result of this match was something like this

In reply to the 150 runs scored by UP in the first innings, Tamil Nadu ended their first innings at 507 runs.

In the second innings, the Uttar Pradesh team once again collapsed like a pack of cards. 7 batsmen of the team could not even reach double digits. Ultimately, the team was all out at a score of 119 runs in the second innings.

If we talk about Tamil Nadu's bowling, fast bowler Lakshmipathi Balaji wreaked havoc by taking 4 wickets in the first innings and 5 wickets in the second innings. Led by Dinesh Karthik, Tamil Nadu won the match by an innings and 238 runs.