Twitterati slam Dinesh Karthik for his 18-ball duck

Dinesh Karthik had a horrible time batting in the first One-Day International game between India and Sri Lanka at Dharamsala as he registered the record of scoring the longest duck by an Indian batsman in an ODI. Before him, that unwanted record was held by Eknath Solkar.

Karthik looked completely out of sorts right through his presence at the crease against the moving ball. He was beaten repeatedly both on the inside as well as the outside edge and his dismissal always looked on the cards.

Lankan pacer Suranga Lakmal set him up nicely by bowling a string of outsiwngers before bringing one back in sharply to catch him unaware. The right-hander was prepared for another outswinger and was rooted to the crease rather than going forward and was trapped right in front of the stumps.

He played 18 balls which is equivalent to 3 overs but didn’t manage to open his account before getting out. Coming in to bat at No.4 he was dismissed when the team just had 8 runs on the board and with his departure were three down.

Karthik’s dismissal left the Twitterati frustrated as they slammed him for his innings and urged BCCI to drop him from the team altogether. Some were of the view that there’s no point for the selectors to keep going back to Karthik all the time as he is not young anymore and can’t be the future of the team. While the others thought Rishabh Pant could be a better option in the middle order than the Tamil Nadu veteran.

They trolled Karthik as well by congratulating him for breaking the record of the longest duck by an Indian batsman. A couple of them opined that the wicketkeeper-batsman has a genius brain as he did not go for a review after being adjudged leg before wicket.

Here are some of the most hilarious tweets:

So Dinesh Karthik had 18 opportunities to score, but failed in all. Kind of like a first year cultural fest weekend.

— Aayush (@slicesofIife) December 10, 2017

#INDvSL Lowest score in the first 10 overs in an ODI. Surprising, especially against SL bowling. @DineshKarthik looking like a rabbit caught in the headlights, for all his years of experience!

— Mahadev Parameswaran (@empeewarren) December 10, 2017

Congrats @DineshKarthik For breaking the record of Longest Duck

— Ayan Roy Choudhuri (@AyanRoyChoudhu5) December 10, 2017

18 balls for a duck … !!!@DineshKarthik setting the record straight … !!!#Trivia … !!!#INDvSL

— Chandramouly Sethuraman (@Theupdateking) December 10, 2017

RT if you agree Rishabh Pant should get better chances ahead Dinesh Karthik ??????#INDvSL #INDvsSL

— Aman Bansal (@AmanBansal4u) December 10, 2017

Dinesh Karthik has a finest cricketing brain. What a performance. Didn't waste the review #INDvsSL

— GoanPatiala (@TheGoanPatiala) December 10, 2017

Highlight reel of wickets…. Dinesh Karthik's walking LBW looks worst of the lot. Atleast others got some bat on it, even if that's no consolation. #IndvSL

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) December 10, 2017

A poor show from DK . Never looked comfortable against the seaming white ball. #DineshKarthik #INDvSL

— Jasdeep Singh (@JassiYuvian12) December 10, 2017

Dinesh Karthik now holds the record for the longest duck (most balls faced) by an Indian. 18 balls!

via @VictorTarapore #INDvSL

— Nikhil Mane ??? (@nikhiltait) December 10, 2017

India's 16 for 5 includes an 18-ball duck for Dinesh Karthik

— Lawrence Booth (@the_topspin) December 10, 2017

Why have they got Dinesh Karthik back from his grave? He surely can’t be the future! Nor can he be a middle-order choice for overseas! He couldn’t play a single ball here, looked so embarrassing! Dhoni doesn’t need backup, he’s super-fit! And there’s Rahane sitting on the bench!

— Birsa Dasgupta (@BirsaDasgupta) December 10, 2017

Dinesh Karthik's first 15 balls would never convince you. #INDvSL

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) December 10, 2017

18-ball duck for Dinesh Karthik today – the longest by an India batsman in ODIs.

Previous: 17 balls by Eknath Solkar v Eng, The Oval, 1974. #IndvSL

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 10, 2017

Why MR Dinesh Karthik is in the India ODI team,Don’t we have better players than him….strange selection @BCCI # Indian selectors

— Arun ku Sahoo (@arunksahoo) December 10, 2017

Dinesh Karthik 0(18)

Imagine the outrage if Dhoni had got out after the same! #INDvSL

— Virat ? (@ViratsSena) December 10, 2017