Dinesh Karthik was compared to AB de Villiers, Irfan Pathan recounts the similarities of both players

This year has turned out to be very good for Dinesh Karthik so far. After batting brilliantly in IPL 2022, he also made his mark in the South African series. Many former cricketers have been convinced by the tremendous change in his batting style. Irfan Pathan is also included in this list. Irfan has compared Dinesh Karthik’s explosive hitting to that of AB de Villiers.

Irfan has said: ‘You won’t find a player with that much range. I wouldn’t compare him (Dinesh Karthik) to AB de Villiers on his merits, but his rank is very similar to de Villiers. He can hit you on the slide, he can hit the switch, he has all kinds of shots. He hits hard on the side of the leg. The special thing is that the way he uses his steps to get into the line of the ball, it’s very good. Irfan said these things in a conversation with Star Sports after the rain swept through the fifth match between India and South Africa.

Irfan said: ‘He plays both fast bowling and spin bowling effectively. If you ask him to hit the first ball, he can do it too. It’s very important for a finisher and Dinesh Karthik can do it.

Dinesh Karthik has scored 330 runs this IPL season with a sky-high strikeout rate of 183.33. After this great performance, he was able to get a place in the India team after about 3 years. He became part of the Indian team against South Africa. Here he also showed a great game keeping pace with him. In the fourth T20, he got the Indian team out of difficult situations by scoring 55 runs on 27 balls. India won this match with the help of Dinesh Karthik and achieved success by leveling the series.

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