Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh Karthik In SA20: India’s Dinesh Karthik has retired from international cricket and that is why he is playing for Paarl Royals in the SA20 2025 season and he has made his debut in SA20 against Sunrisers Eastern Cape and with this he is the first to play in SA20. Have become Indians. He did not bat in the match, but still Team Paarl Royals defeated Sunrisers Eastern Cape by nine wickets. Lahuan Dre Pretorius batted brilliantly for the Royals and played a strong inning of 97 runs.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape team scored 175 runs
In the match, Sunrisers Eastern Cape team batted first and scored 175 runs, in which captain Aiden McCram scored a brilliant 82 runs for the team. Apart from him, Tristan Stubbs contributed 28 runs. Jack Crowley scored 27 runs. It was only because of these players that Sunrisers team could make a total worth fighting for. Kwena Mafaka and Mujeeb Ur Rahman took two wickets each for Paarl Royals. Royals wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik took an excellent catch on Mujeeb’s ball.
Openers showed strength for Royals
After this, Lahuan Dre Pretorius and Joe Root came to open for Paarl Royals. Both of them batted amazingly. Both the players made a partnership of 132 runs for the first wicket and laid the foundation of victory for the Royals. Pretorius scored 97 runs in 51 balls, which included 10 fours and 6 sixes. He missed his century by just three runs and was dismissed by Marco Jason. Apart from him, Joe Root, famous for his batting in Test cricket, scored an excellent half-century. He scored 62 runs. Later, David Miller scored 17 runs and gave Royals victory by 9 wickets. The Royals openers batted so well that Dinesh Karthik could not bat.
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